Nº 9
Reading edition
Henri Harpignies FRENCH: 1819-
FRENCH LANDSCAPE
Water Color
Height, 8½ inches; length, 12 inches
This is a view across an open valley, broken by a roadway and irregular pools of water, to distant tree-covered slopes. On the left, irregular masses of foliage are in strong silhouette against a luminous sky, and on the right rounded trees crown the steep declivity of a low hill. Near the foreground a few slender poplars grow on a low bank between a sandy road and a pool of water which reflects the light of the sky at the zenith.
Signed at the lower left, h’hARPIGNIES, ’92.