DrawingsFrench19th century

Two Men Fishing

1883

Artists

Claude MonetArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black crayon and scratchwork on paper coated with gesso and incised with fine vertical lines for reproduction by "gillotage"

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.6 x 34.5 cm (10 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Terracin; David-Weill. sold in Paris, Hotel Drouot, 1911

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