Landscape by a Stream, Henry Farrer, graphite, 15 x 22 in. ( 36 x 56 cm), in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. Downloadable file on their website.
19th century English/American artist Henry Farrer gives us a beautifully delicate graphite landscape.
It looks carefully detailed, but on closer examination, reveals much in the way of apparently casual handling. The tree foliage is basically scribbles, as are the plants by the water, the tones of the distant trees looks roughly penciled in and much of the composition is left open.
Yet the composition, the strong V shape of the dominant tree and the lacy, twisting branches are what we take away. The rest is supporting material, but we encounter the delicacy again in the middlegound saplings, rendered with simple dual lines.
Landscape by a Stream, Morgan Library