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Study of Landscape (recto) / Unfinished Perspective Study (verso)

John Henry Twachtman

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

In this particularly successful pastel, Twachtman allowed the gray paper to play an assertive role in a Whistlerian fashion. He anchored the composition with some limited outlines of rocks and trees, and otherwise described the open landscape with carefully placed but slightly brusque touches of pastel.

Caption

John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902). Study of Landscape (recto) / Unfinished Perspective Study (verso), ca. 1888–1895. Pastel with graphite underdrawing on gray wove paper, 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (35.9 x 55.6 cm) frame: 22 7/8 × 28 7/8 × 2 in. (58.1 × 73.3 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Surplus Fund, 25.419. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Artist

John Henry Twachtman

Title

Study of Landscape (recto) / Unfinished Perspective Study (verso)

Date

ca. 1888–1895

Medium

Pastel with graphite underdrawing on gray wove paper

Classification

Dimensions

14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (35.9 x 55.6 cm) frame: 22 7/8 × 28 7/8 × 2 in. (58.1 × 73.3 × 5.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right (recto): "J.H. Twachtman"

Credit Line

Museum Surplus Fund

Accession Number

25.419

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Artists and makers

John Henry Twachtman

10 works in the collection