![[The Beech Tree], Gustave Le Gray, about 1855–1857](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/96e0a746-edfc-42bd-95e7-dde314f0f19d/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
Gustave Le GrayFrench, 1820–1884[The Beech Tree]
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Not on view at present
Where is “[The Beech Tree]” now? Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Not on view at present. Checked October 7, 2026.
Los Angeles, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
A beech tree in the Forest of Fontainebleau rears back as if to begin a bow to the photographer who would so majestically immortalize it. Of the many studies Gustave Le Gray made in Fontainebleau, a popular destination for artists and vacationing Parisians in the mid-nineteenth century, this photograph is the nearest to a portrait. With its gnarly roots exposed, the tree assumes center stage, a majestic and commanding force of nature whose trunk glows in the direct sunlight as if lit from within. Its leaves shimmer in the sun's glow, making the dense foliage appear weightless.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 84.XM.637.22
In the catalog
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — Open Content
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