Untitled [French Landscape Drawing]

Catalogue

Landscape. Drawing occupies lower two thirds of the page, framed at top by a drawn horizontal line, possibly a horizon line. LL shows winding road to mid-centre. Background features houses, trees to right.

Date

c. 1930 – 1939

Object type

drawing

Medium and materials

pencil on paper

Dimensions

216x170mm

Place Made

France

Inscriptions

Verso UL (not in artist's hand) pencil A253 26

Verso UR (not in artist's hand) pencil 79-326

Provenance

Donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand by H. F. V. Scales, 1979.

Condition Report

Unframed work on white paper. Page torn from a spiral-bound sketchbook, 54 spirals.

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Reference no. A-253-026

Current Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand

Current Location

Wellington, New Zealand

Keywords

portrait format landscape drawing sketchbook page village houses trees road France middle years

Dated in relation to French Landscape Drawing [BC100 / BC100A].

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand documentation notes, "Looking out to a horizon with a winding road and trees, an indication of houses."