Leafless Bough of a Tree, Catskill, New York

American Frederic Edwin Church • 1845

Leafless Bough of a Tree, Catskill, New York, 1845

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Botanical sketch of the leafless bough of a tree in or near Catskill, New York. The bough's twisting, undulating forms rise vertically and its branches become increasingly thin as they extend outward. Portions of the tree's trunk and other boughs are loosely rendered in outline along the lower margin. Graphite on tan wove paper

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