DrawingsSwiss19th century

Mountain Torrent in a Storm

1849

Artists

Alexandre CalameArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and graphite on cream wove paper with scraping and lifting

Culture

Swiss

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

43.5 x 58.2 cm (17 1/8 x 22 15/16 in.) frame: 66.8 x 81.1 x 3.3 cm (26 5/16 x 31 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Arturo Cuéllar and Corinne Nathan, Zurich (Lugt 3439). [Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, May 19-22, 1999, lot 4116]. [Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Auction 251, June 17, 2011, Lot 11], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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