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Summer Landscape V

1963

Peter Milton

Associated Names

Peter Milton

Artist, American, born 1930

The image shows a landscape from a slightly elevated perspective, with the horizon positioned lower in the composition. Trees partially obscure the horizon, adding depth to the scene. The artwork features fine, sketch-like brushstrokes giving a sense of lightness and capturing the motion of grasses swaying in the wind. The color palette is monochromatic, dominated by shades of black, gray, and white. Tall, wavy grasses are depicted in the foreground, with trees further back outlined with expressive lines suggesting foliage. The landscape transitions into lighter tones in the distance, blending into the sky.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lift-ground etching in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 37.7 × 45.3 cm (14 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
sheet: 42.5 × 50.7 cm (16 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.3544
Catalogue Raisonné

Johnson & Milton 1996, no. 29

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lyle Sarnevitz, Boston, 29 July 1998; to Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to the NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1996

Johnson, Robert Flynn, and Peter Milton. Peter Milton: Complete Prints, 1960-1996. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996, pp. 49, 144, no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 34/40; lower center in graphite: SUMMER LANDSCAPE V; lower right in graphite: P W Milton 63

Wikidata ID

Q76442626

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