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The image shows a landscape view of trees with sparse foliage. The perspective is at ground level, looking straight across and slightly upwards through the thicket. The horizon is not visible, with the sky meeting the trees' silhouette. The artwork is in an etching style, with varying line weights capturing the branch and leaf details. The color palette is monochrome, contrasting dark lines with light spaces. The foreground has scattered vegetation, leading to denser trees in the background, creating depth in the image.
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The image shows a landscape view of trees with sparse foliage. The perspective is at ground level, looking straight across and slightly upwards through the thicket. The horizon is not visible, with the sky meeting the trees' silhouette. The artwork is in an etching style, with varying line weights capturing the branch and leaf details. The color palette is monochrome, contrasting dark lines with light spaces. The foreground has scattered vegetation, leading to denser trees in the background, creating depth in the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Autumn Avondale

John Henry Twachtman

Date
c. 1879-1882
Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.9 x 16.7 cm (4 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.) sheet: 22.9 x 34.8 cm (9 x 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2005.99.31
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • etching
  • topographical
  • landscape
Provenance

(Associated American Artists, New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased September 15, 1982; gift to NGA, 2005.

Inscription

lower right in graphite: J.H.T. (not deciphered) A.T.; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: T22

Marks

RCK stamp

Watermarks

Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain

NGA object ID 133441. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.