Description
Marl is a crumbly mixture of clays, calcium, and magnesium carbonates, often used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils.
Provenance
Painter Charles François Daubigny by 1874. His collection sale, Paris, Drouot, 14 April 1891 (lot 49), Paysage; soleil couchant, peinture sur papier marouflé sur toile, 48 x 100 cm. Galerie Berne Bellecour, Paris 1893. E. Martinet by 1894. Martinet collection sale, Paris, Drouot, 27 February 1896 (lot 51), La marnière de Mulcent; effet du soir. Dr. Salathé-Dietz. Paris sale, Drouot, 14 December 1976 (lot 76), Paysage: soleil couchant, 48 x 100 cm. Galerie Delestre, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980.
Accession Number
1980.245
Medium
oil on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to plywood
Dimensions
Framed: 64.2 x 115.8 x 7.7 cm (25 1/4 x 45 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 47.6 x 99.2 cm (18 3/4 x 39 1/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin