Tree Opening from Of Nature, Of Man
1963/1964
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one from a portfolio of 20 lithographs on BFK Rives wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 76.1 × 56.6 cm (29 15/16 × 22 5/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1587.6
Art Historical Context
**Tree Opening from *Of Nature, Of Man Created by American printmaker Peter Takal in 1963/1964, *Tree Opening* is a striking lithograph his portfolio *Of Nature, Of Man*, a series of 20 prints that poetically explores the interplay between the natural world and human experience. Takal, known for his modernist interpretations of landscapes and organic forms, captures the essence of a tree's silhouette against an opening sky, evoking themes of growth, enclosure, and revelation during the mid-20th-century artistic shift toward abstraction and environmental reflection. Printed on high-quality B...
About the Artist
Peter Takal
Peter Takal (1905–1995) was a Romanian-born American artist renowned for his masterful pen-and-ink drawings and prints, which blended precise linear observation with surrealist undertones. Born on December 8, 1905, in Bucharest, Romania, Takal spent his early career in Europe, living and working in Berlin during the 1920s before moving to Paris in the 1930s, where he pursued acting alongside his a...