Untitled (Landscape with Trees)

Painting

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Untitled (Landscape with Trees)

Entry/Object ID

2025.15.1

Description

A framed watercolor painting of a landscape scene featuring trees. There are two large, prominent trees in the foreground, with smaller trees surrounding them as well as in the background. The sky is a cloudy blue/gray. The painting is framed inside of a painted golden/bronze wooden frame underneath plexiglass, with a gray mat.

Type of Painting

Paper

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Collection

Art Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Acquisition

Accession

2025.15

Source or Donor

Louis Gibbs

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Glendyn (Rinehart) & Louis Gibbs

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Henry Percy Gray

Role

Painter

Time Period

19th Century, 20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Lower right corner

Transcription

Percy Gray

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

20-3/8 in

Width

23-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Watercolor

Height

10-1/4 in

Width

13-3/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Note was taped to the back of the painting, likely put there by the gallery who sold it. "BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EARLY CALIFORNIA PAINTERS PERCY GRAY. Percy Gray was bron in San Francisco in 1869 and did most of his early studies in San Francisco and New York. Almost all of his better known works are landscapes like this painting. Gray lived the later part of his life in Monterey, California and also died there in 1938. Many of his works are permanently exhibited in California museums, like The Oakland Museum of Arts, the museums in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and many others. Gray is listed in the 'Dictionary of Painters...' by M. Fielding, the 'Index of Artists' by D.T. Mallett and many others."