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Landscape with Mountains (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch on white paper of a landscape with a distant mountain range. The sketch is simple and features a few shading techniques to create depth. The mountain range spans the upper half of the sketch in the distance. The mountains are depicted with varying heights and some appear to have peaks. The mountains are drawn with dark and light shading, with some areas left blank. In the foreground, there appears to be a body of water with a shoreline. The water is depicted with a few wavy lines. There are no trees or vegetation depicted. The overall style of the sketch is simple and minimalist, with a focus on capturing the basic forms and contours of the landscape. The image background is white.

Artwork details

Date:
1895
Medium:
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 427 px
Museum record:
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