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This image shows a landscape with a prominent tree in the foreground. The horizon is high, emphasizing the sky and tall trees. The sky has light, fluffy clouds. The artist uses detailed lines for the trees, branches, and foliage, creating a monochromatic effect with black and gray tones. The landscape extends into the distance with more trees.
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This image shows a landscape with a prominent tree in the foreground. The horizon is high, emphasizing the sky and tall trees. The sky has light, fluffy clouds. The artist uses detailed lines for the trees, branches, and foliage, creating a monochromatic effect with black and gray tones. The landscape extends into the distance with more trees.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Apple Trees

Carl C. Brenner

Date
1870s-1880s
Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 6.99 × 10.8 cm (2 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 8.89 × 13.34 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.) support: 24.13 × 30.48 cm (9 1/2 × 12 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.3560
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • etching
  • Apple tree
  • landscape
Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in plate: Carl C. Brenner

NGA object ID 182448. 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.