Sir David Young Cameron

Arno above Florence

September 3, 1900 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper · 17.1 × 32 cm (6 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

Arno above Florence, D. Y. Cameron, September 3, 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

D. Y. Cameron, Arno above Florence, September 3, 1900. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Estate of Robert Forsyth

How to look at a D. Y. Cameron

  • Squint. Count the masses. It is rarely more than three.
  • Find the lightest plane and notice how much paper is left bare around it.
  • Follow one line of tracery and see how few others there are.

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