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Thomas Couture, Objects on Wall, study for Couture, The Bird-Catcher

Objects on Wall, study for Couture, The Bird-Catcher

Thomas Couture · c. 1857 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Maker: Thomas Couture, French, 1815-1879
Date: c. 1857
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper
Dimensions: 32.3 × 45.7 cm (12 3/4 × 18 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Marianne Feilchenfeldt

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