
Summer Tree
1958
This minimalist pen and ink drawing depicts a solitary tree with a slender trunk rising from an empty landscape beneath a dense canopy of stippled foliage. The composition employs negative space and delicate linework to convey both botanical specificity and meditative quietude. Executed in 1958, the work exemplifies mid-century American regionalism's embrace of simplified forms and introspective subject matter, particularly within the Provincetown artistic community known for its synthesis of modernist restraint and naturalistic observation.
- Medium
- Pen and ink
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Eldred's
🔨 Auction Lot
Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction
May 16, 2026
Estimate: $500 – $700
Lot 19
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