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Olive Tree II

1996
(American, b. 1959)
America, 20th century
color etching, aquatint, roulette, and engraving
Support: Wove paper
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Sheet: 91 x 77 cm (35 13/16 x 30 5/16 in.); Platemark: 63.8 x 60.3 cm (25 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.)
Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund 2004.37
Edition: 50
Impression: 34/50
Location: not on view
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David Smith-Harrison describes his prints as conversations among various elements: space, composition, perspective, and ornament. In "Olive Tree" II, the artist juxtaposes an olive tree with a cityscape based on Granada, Spain. The carefully crafted rendition of both tree and architecture emphasizes the sense of permanance. The out-of-scale olive tree, a species that can live 500 years, hovers above an historic city. A haze of pale pink, the glow of a rosy sunset, intensifies the dreamlike atmosphere. An excellent draftsman, the artist explains, "My approach to printmaking relies very much on drawing. I am fascinated with the magic of drawing, of making marks which provide parallels with experience; marks which are able to express my feelings for form, space, light, and movement. I also consider drawing to be a very personal, searching process, and a tool for developing my powers of observation and memory.
Olive Tree II

Olive Tree II

1996

David Smith-Harrison

(American, b. 1959)
America, 20th century

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