Gnarled Tree Trunks and a Grape Vine, Catskill, New York

A graphite study on off-white paper showing gnarled tree trunks and branches, with a large twisted trunk at right and a fallen limb at left. Small sketched clusters of leaves and vine tendrils appear near the lower edge, drawn in loose, light lines.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

September 1844

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2688 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum