Tree at Tretire. Study, 1975

Title

Tree at Tretire. Study

Draughtsman

• Frank Auerbach

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pencil on wove paper

Material

• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• English

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Study for “Tree at Tretire“ 1975

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Frank Auerbach, courtesy Marlborough Fine Art

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018 as a gift from Herbert Meyer-Ellinger and Christoph Vowinckel

Genre

• abstraction
• study
• landscape

Main Motif

• tree
• Tretire
• animal
• line
• overlay

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 25G3 trees
• 61E(TRETIRE) names of cities and villages (TRETIRE)
• 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)

Secondary

• 49D322 curved line
• 34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)

Other Inventory Number

• EXO_AF_1