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Varujan Boghosian — Summer Tree
Varujan Boghosian

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

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $500$700

Lot 19

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Varujan Boghosian, 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
16.5 x 33 cm
Year
1958
Seen at
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

Foliage, Monochrome, Tree, Pen And Ink, Cape Cod, Stippled, Vertical Composition, Minimalist, Meditative, Modernist, Mid Century, Botanical, Landscape, Regionalism, Solitary, Nature, American Art, Summer, Drawing, Figurative

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