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The Butterfly and the Pond
The Butterfly and the Pond

The Butterfly and the Pond

Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1822–1885)
1868
Medium/TechniqueLithograph on dark tan printed paper
DimensionsImage: 18 x 11.2 cm (7 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.7 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of David P. Becker in honor of Sue Welsh Reed
Accession number2005.109
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsGraphite below: [illegible dealer's price notation] / "3936 [partly erased]" Pen and black ink verso: "E & L Baskin 1965"; blue pencil "I"ProvenanceJ. H. de Bois, Haarlem (b. 1878- d. 1946). Leonard Baskin, Northampton, Mass. (b. 1922 - d. 2000); about 1973, R. M. Light & Co., Boston; 1977, purchased from Light by David P. Becker; 2005, gift of David P. Becker to the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 2005)