Two Pine Trees, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Medium
nature studies
Classification
nature studies
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-657-b
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Landscape sketch showing a view of two pine trees rising behind a large rocky outcropping on Mt. Desert Island in Maine. The immediate foreground is comprised of the boulder and the hastily rendered green grass atop which it rests. The lateritious (brick-colored) ground is visible along the lower margin and at lower right. Dominating the composition at center, the titular pair of pine trees are rendered in meticulous detail, with with small branches and pinecones included. A heavily wooded ridge...