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Series Title: 7

French Landscape

ca. 1884–89

John Henry Twachtman

(American, 1853–1902)
Culture
America
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Fredric Clarke 1945.392
Catalogue raisonné
Baskett 17
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

The extremely free handling of this composition, reminiscent of prints by Pissarro or Corot (both also in this exhibition), suggests that Twachtman made the etching from nature.
A vertically oriented black ink etching on off-white paper depicts a landscape with scratchy lines. A dark path winds from the textured foreground toward a distant horizon, guiding the eye upward. On the right, a cottage with a thick roof rests beneath a large tree rendered with diagonal hatching. To the left, tall, spindly trees stand against the sky. Varying line weights and overlapping strokes create deep shadows, lending the scene a somber quality.

French Landscape

ca. 1884–89

John Henry Twachtman

(American, 1853–1902)
America

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