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Charles Demuth

Bermuda: Trees and Architecture

c. 1916–1917
Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
25.4 × 35.6 cm (10 × 14 in)

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Charles Demuth began painting cubist-inspired landscapes around 1916. In this one, he merges rounded organic forms into cubism's typically hard angles, as tree branches curve around the intersecting planes of abstracted architecture. Demuth was deeply indebted to Cézanne, whose work he knew from Albert Barnes's collection and from his many trips to Paris. Dr. Barnes understood this connection and installed Demuth's cubist landscapes with several Cézanne watercolors.

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