Wooded Landscape

c. 1905

Lucien Ott

Associated Names
Lucien Ott

Artist, French, 1870 - 1927

The image shows a forest scene with dense trees in the foreground and a soft, out-of-focus gradient of colors in the background. The trees have vertical trunks and a color palette of earthy browns and deep greens. Light filters through the canopy from the right, creating a play of light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jean-Luc Baroni, Ltd.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.6 x 46.2 cm (16 3/8 x 18 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.106.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Colnaghi, New York); (Jean-Luc Baroni, Ltd.); gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Colnaghi: An Exhibition of Master Drawings. New York, Adam Williams Fine Art, 2001, no. 60.

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 129.

Inscriptions

lower right in yellow pastel: OTT (in monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q64594071

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