Gnarled, ash-brown roots woven through a muddy, rocky bank and sprays of dark green leaves fill this loosely painted, horizontal landscape. Touches of spring green in the lower right corner suggest ground cover. The roots grip the rocks in the top left quadrant of the composition, and layers of rocks pile to the right. The space behind the trees is dark brown, and a few touches of burnt orange suggest flowers or turning leaves.
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Wild Olive Tree Roots, Valldemosa, Majorca

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856 - 1925)

1908

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 55.8 × 71.1 cm (21 15/16 × 28 in.) ; framed: 81.28 × 96.52 × 8.89 cm (32 × 38 × 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Avalon Fund and Gift of Virginia Bailey Brown
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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