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Lillian Burk Meeser — Path through Dunes
Lillian Burk Meeser

Path through Dunes

This watercolor landscape depicts a winding path cutting through rolling hills dotted with sparse vegetation and flowering shrubs. Soft yellows and warm earth tones dominate the composition, suggesting rapeseed fields or similar cultivated land, while blue-grey tones in the distance establish atmospheric perspective. The work exemplifies early to mid-twentieth-century American regionalism, with its focus on rural countryside and delicate handling of light characteristic of Cape Cod and Provincetown school painters. The artist's signature appears in the lower left, marking this as a finished study or exhibition piece.

Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $500$700

Lot 70

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Lillian Burk Meeser, Path through Dunes

This watercolor landscape depicts a winding path cutting through rolling hills dotted with sparse vegetation and flowering shrubs. Soft yellows and warm earth tones dominate the composition, suggesting rapeseed fields or similar cultivated land, while blue-grey tones in the distance establish atmospheric perspective. The work exemplifies early to mid-twentieth-century American regionalism, with its focus on rural countryside and delicate handling of light characteristic of Cape Cod and Provincetown school painters. The artist's signature appears in the lower left, marking this as a finished study or exhibition piece.

Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
17.8 x 22.9 cm
Seen at
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

Watercolor, Twentieth Century, Path Through Nature, Plein Air Influenced, Rolling Hills, Pastoral Scene, Landscape, American Regionalism, Natural Colors, Soft Light, Rural Road, Quiet Countryside, Yellow Fields, Impressionist Technique, Earth Tones, Atmospheric Perspective, Horizontal Composition, Figurative Landscape, Cape Cod School

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