A Clump of Trees

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Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1860

Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)

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Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Constant Troyon
Title: A Clump of Trees
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1855–1865
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 33 × 24.9 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.); Framed: 63.9 × 55.9 × 8.9 cm (25 1/8 × 22 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Henry Field Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1894.1070
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Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1894), p. 57, no. 38.
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“Art Institute of Chicago: II – Modern Paintings: The Henry Field Collection,” Art Amateur 32, 1 (1894), p. 19.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1895), p. 68, no. 38.
Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1896), p. 74, no. 38.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 25, no. 138.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 25, no. 138.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 155, no. 138.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 455.

Chicago Historical Society, A City Comes of Age: Chicago in the 1890s, October 24, 1990-July 14, 1991.

Possibly sold in the sale of the artist, Paris, Pillet, January 22–February 1, 1866 [claimed by Art Institute of Chicago 1961 but not possible to verify]. Henry Field (died 1890), Chicago; his widow Mrs. Florence Lathrop Field; given to the Art Institute, 1894.

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