Tree/Lane
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1933
Mediumwatercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 22 9/16 × 15 5/16 in. (57.3 × 38.9 cm)
Support: 22 9/16 × 15 5/16 in. (57.3 × 38.9 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Support: 22 9/16 × 15 5/16 in. (57.3 × 38.9 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.33a
DescriptionDouble-sided: Abstract landscape. Tree with brown trunk and green leaves at R of image, 2 trees at L w/green leave making an arch into center of image. Yellow, tan w/black track-like path through mid-ground of image. Blue splashes for sky.eMuseum Notes
During the early years of Cady Wells's career, he experimented with a variety of approaches under the tutelage of his mentor, Andrew Dasburg. Dasburg used trees as a means of exploring formal ideas and likely encouraged Wells to do the same. Tree/Lane is likely a representation of one of the trees in Taos, although Wells was less interested in details than in emotional expression through line and color.
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