John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
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P.709
Trees across the River
ca. 1885
Pastel on blue-gray paper
8 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (21.6 x 32 cm)
Signed lower center: J. H. Twachtman–
Brooklyn Museum, Museum Surplus Fund (25.418)
Exhibitions
1932 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum, New York, Exhibition of Paintings by American Impressionists and Other Artists of the Period 1880–1900, January 18–February 28, 1932, no. 138, as Trees across the River.
Literature
Hale 1957
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 592 (catalogue A, no. 1032), as Trees across the River. (Hale concordance).
Brooklyn Museum 1984
Brooklyn Museum. American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages. New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1984, p. 76 ill. in b/w, as Trees across the River.
Commentary

The pollarded willows featured here suggest that the scene depicts a European locale. However, the work's location has yet to be identified.