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Interior of a Butcher Shop

c. 1881
(French, 1844–1925)
France, 19th century
charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
Support: Two sheets of laid paper (joined) laid down on beige(1) wove paper
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Sheet: 55.7 x 57.2 cm (21 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 56.1 x 58.4 cm (22 1/16 x 23 in.)
Gift of Muriel S. Butkin 1978.131
Location: not on view
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The French writer Théodore de Banville described Léon Lhermitte's drawings, saying that "In his hands charcoal and black chalk are like magical tools."
Interior of a Butcher Shop

Interior of a Butcher Shop

c. 1881

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

(French, 1844–1925)
France, 19th century

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