Untitled (Tree) / Jean Paul Slusser
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.541
- Title
- Untitled (Tree)
- Artist
- Jean Paul Slusser
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886 -1981
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Rev. Edward and Jan Slusser
- Dimensions
- 87 cm x 72 cm x 3.3 cm (34 1/4 in. x 28 3/8 in. x 1 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- This is a watercolor painting in a vertical format painted in tones of blue and green. It shows a large tree, with a black trunk and branches and without any leaves, in front of two houses. The sky is painted in a bright blue.
- Subject Matter
- This is an outdoor scene showing the fluid outline of a tree trunk and branches contrasted against the angularity of buildings behind it. Jean Paul Slusser was a professor of drawing and painting at the University of Michigan and was appointed the first director of the Museum of Art in 1946.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- dwellings
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- plants
- residential structures
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2456 x 3168
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2009/1.541
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.541/2009_1_541.jpg
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"Untitled (Tree); Jean Paul Slusser." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.541/2009_1_541.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
