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Decaying Oak, with a man sitting at its foot
Raphael Lamar West (English, 1769–1850)
1802
Medium/Technique
Pen lithograph on gray-brown paper
Dimensions
Image: 32 x 22.6 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Sheet (irregular): 41 x 29 cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet (irregular): 41 x 29 cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Accession NumberM9844
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Man 161
DescriptionOne of the obsessive motifs of Romantic landscape art is the ancient tree contorted or hollowed out by the struggle for existence.
ProvenanceJuan Jorge Peoli (1825-1893, New York, Lugt 2020); his sale, New York, American Art Association, 10 and 11 May 1894, lot 2127; purchased there by MFA.