Travelers in Mist and Rain

Artists

Description

The monochromatic painting depicts three tiny figures and a donkey traveling on a path toward a cluster of trees in the lower left corner of the composition while mountains obscured by rain and mist appear in shadowlike form in the background. Executed with a relatively wet brush, the landscape elements appear as light gray washes of ink; the path in the foreground is reserved in white, which help to bring greater focus to the diminutive traveling figures. A signature and pictorial seal appear at the upper left corner of the composition.

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 24.5 x W. 41.6 cm (9 5/8 x 16 3/8 in.) mounting, inlcuding suspension core and roller ends: H. 97.2 x W. 46.7 cm (38 1/4 x 18 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Samuel Colman, New York. Louis V. Ledoux Collection, New York (by 1948), by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux, New York (1948-2001), by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux, New York, (2001-2013), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013. Footnotes: 1. Samuel Coleman (1832-1920) 2. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948) 3. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001) 4. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1981 to 2013.