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Eklhorn Pyramid on the Upper Missouri
Karl Bodmer (Swiss (active in France), 1809–1893)
1829–93
Medium/Technique
Graphite, heightened with white on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.3 x 20 cm (5 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1976.696
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionSeveral elk pictured with a pyramid of elkhorns at the right. Picture is framed in graphite, and framing margins are heightened with white.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right: The Elkhorn Pyramid, / on the upper missouri
Annotated lower right corner: 3
Annotated lower right corner: 3
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA October 13, 1976