The Avenue

1905

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a view from beneath a dense canopy of dark-leaved trees. The perspective is focused along a path disappearing into the depth of the image, with the horizon line visible through a gap in the trees, below the central axis. The horizon is marked by faint outlines of distant trees and landscape. The scene is depicted with sketch-like strokes, giving a textured look to the foliage and tree trunks. The color palette consists of sepia tones, creating a warm, monochromatic effect with depth and contrast. Closest to us, light and shadow play on the path, with the trees' trunks framing the scene vertically and directing the eyes towards the brightness in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on thin laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.4 × 15.7 cm (5 11/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.5 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2409

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 373, State iii/iv


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate bottom right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite: R373III K7507

Wikidata ID

Q64955020

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