Flowering Tree
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1933
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 30 11/16 × 22 3/8 in. (77.9 × 56.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.10
DescriptionAbstract on white background. Green tree/bush with rounded flower forms outlined in black. Rust specks throughout representing stamens. Light blue splash marks and black slash marks throughout image. Black border.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's work rarely exhibited the exuberance and improvisation apparent in Well's Flowering Tree, however. Wells took clear delight in his depiction of the blossoms and the winds circulating around the tree, indicated by a series of staccato marks surrounding the tree. Those references to unseen forces may have been the additional influence of John Marin, who had visited Taos in 1929 and 1930.
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