Sweet Pine [working proof 4]
1997
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aquatint on Somerset paper (WP 4 – color proof using 2 sets of plates, all three panels)
Dimensions
17 x 42 in.
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.28
Art Historical Context
Anne Appleby's *Sweet Pine [working proof4]* (1997) is a delicate aquatint print on Somerset paper, measuring 17 x 42 inches across its three panels. This working proof—marked WP 4—captures an experimental stage in the artist's process, using two sets of plates to layer subtle colors evocative of pine trees in soft light. Appleby, a contemporary American known for her minimalist explorations of nature, draws from the natural world to create meditative works that invite quiet contemplation. Aquatint, an intaglio technique developed in the 18th century, allows for rich tonal gradations resembli...
About the Artist
Anne Appleby
Anne Appleby is an American painter known for her quietly radical abstract paintings that emerge from sustained attention to the natural world. Working primarily in Montana, Appleby has developed a practice rooted in intensive, long-term observation of specific plants and trees through the cycles of seasons, using the information gathered through this meditative looking as the basis for paintings ...