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Study of a Plant, Possibly Thistle
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About this work
Neglected within his own time, the watercolors of Bonvin have only come to be fully appreciated in the late 20th century. An artist with little formal training, Bonvin earned a living working in his family’s inn in Vaugirard, on the outskirts of Paris. The landscape near his home and studies of the inn’s garden became his themes.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStudy of a Plant, Possibly Thistle, 1862. Léon Bonvin (French, 1834–1866). Watercolor and pen and brown ink with white heightening; sheet: 25.3 x 29.5 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.); secondary support: 25.3 x 29.5 cm (9 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.236
