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Pine in the Birches

1958 (published 1959)

Luigi Lucioni

Associated Names

Luigi Lucioni

Artist, American, 1900 - 1988

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a dense forest scene viewed from eye level. The horizon is not prominent, with trees filling the composition. Various tree trunks are close by, with a gnarled tree in the center. A group of slender birch trees with light bark stands out in the distance. The background is filled with more trees. The texture is detailed, emphasizing bark, leaves, and ground cover. The color palette is sepia-toned in shades of brown.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in brown on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

plate: 21 x 30.1 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32.5 x 42.7 cm (12 13/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1987.41.40
Catalogue Raisonné

Embury 1984, no. 132

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1984

Embury, Stuart P. The Etchings of Luigi Lucioni: A Catalogue Raisonné. Nebraska: S.P. Embury, 1984, p. 45, no. 132.

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 144, no. 1314.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Lucioni 58; lower right in graphite: Luigi Lucioni

Wikidata ID

Q74876699

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