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Herd of Buffalo fording a river

Rudolph Friedrich Kurz (Swiss (active U.S.) 1818–1871)
January 13, 1866

Medium/Technique Black chalk on buff paper
Dimensions Sheet: 30.6 x 47.3 cm (12 1/16 x 18 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3926
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 808 (Visiting foreign artists)
DescriptionTwo buffalo emerging from river in foreground at head of line extending to further shore.
Marks Watermark: De Canson
InscriptionsBottom right in chalk: "13.1.66" Verso: cut-makers instructions
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950