(Landscape)

after 1900

Current Collection

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium: oil on wood
Dimensions: 60.7 × 40.4 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-138986

Julian Alden Weir was a nature lover whose Branchville, Connecticut, farm was a retreat from the pressures of New York City. His younger brother had advised him to "hang onto this place, old boy . . . keep it trim and untrammeled, and you will find a haven of refuge." Weir began painting landscapes around the property after his beloved wife, Anna, died. This spindly poplar with its elegantly bend…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mahonri Sharp Young

Registry history

after 1900 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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