Apple Tree
Frank Wilcox · c. 1918 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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The setting of this rustic scene is likely Ohio, potentially Berlin Heights, where Wilcox sketched during summers from 1910 to 1916. The twisting, bare branches and lack of apples suggest that the artist was focused on capturing organic lines. The small fence running along the bottom of the image provides a comparable scale, which, alongside the cropping of the upper branches, lends a sense of enormity to the trees. A lover of his home state, Wilcox may have been praising Ohio’s natural resources in this work. This print was awarded first prize in the etching category at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s first May Show in 1919.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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Details
- Maker
- Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
- Date
- c. 1918
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Image: 10.8 x 13.3 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- America
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
