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John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
Catalogue Entry
D.1424
Charcoal Sketch after Wild Cherry Tree
ca. 1900
Charcoal on paper
5 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (13 x 8.3 cm)
Inscribed upper left: over;
Inscribed lower center: all Gloucester seen / through the tree / 30 x 30
Inscribed verso: Do you / want some / more?
Private collection
Provenance
Given by the artist to his son J. Alden Twachtman, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1900;
by descent to estate of Alden Eric Twachtman;
by descent in the family to present collection, 1990.
Commentary
Among the twenty-four charcoal sketches sent by the artist to his son, Alden, after paintings he created in Gloucester in the summer of 1900, this drawing depicts Wild Cherry Tree (OP.1405), a view from Banner Hill in which Twachtman interspersed the forms of the shore and harbor with those of a tree, whose branches spread across the picture plane. On the drawing's recto, Twachtman wrote: "Gloucester seen through the trees, 30 x 30 in." On the verso, he jotted a personal note to his son: "Do you want some more?"