The Pine Bough

1919

Bolton Brown

Associated Names
Bolton Brown

Artist, American, 1865 - 1936

The image shows a scene with a slightly elevated side angle. The horizon is not distinctly visible, but the line where the water meets the sky creates an implied horizon in the background. Two silhouetted figures are depicted, one seated on a rocky outcrop and the other reclining slightly further back, both partially obscured by dark foliage. The artwork appears to be created with pencil or a similar medium, featuring soft, textured, and wispy brushstrokes that give a dreamy quality to the scene. The color palette consists of various shades of gray, highlighting the contrast between light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.61 × 28.26 cm (13 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.83 × 30.48 cm (14 1/2 × 12 in.)
    support: 47.31 × 38.26 cm (18 5/8 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2930

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Adams 1993, no. 214

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(June 1 Gallery, Bethlehem, Connecticut); Linda Crocker Simmons, Washington, DC, 1987; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Adams, Clinton. Crayonstone: The Life and Work of Bolton Brown with a Catalogue of His Lithographs. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993, p. 199, no. 214.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: [the artist's monogram] / 219 [circled]; lower center on stone: The Pine Bough; lower right on stone: 214; lower left in graphite: 33; lower center in graphite: Bolton Brown imp.; lower left support in green colored pencil by unknown hand: 1051 [circled]; lower right support in graphite by unknown hand: 225; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 225

Wikidata ID

Q77008903

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