A Rocky Hillside with Dead and Dying Trees

Adolphe Etienne Viollet-Le-Duc II

Associated Names
Adolphe Etienne Viollet-Le-Duc II

Artist, French, 1817 - 1878

The image depicts a natural scene with trees and rugged terrain viewed from a slightly elevated angle. The sketch-style drawing features loose brushstrokes and stippling techniques to show texture and movement. The color scheme is monochromatic with dark lines on a light background. The scene includes twisted tree trunks, branches, and rocks in the foreground, with more trees and rocks in the background that fade into lighter ink strokes, suggesting depth and distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with graphite on tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.5 x 20.6 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.245

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, by 1978); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1978; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 176 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: Dessin de Viollet Le Duc,/architecte; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: [mounter's notes]

Wikidata ID

Q64533393