Artwork
Peisaj cu case Balcic
Peisaj cu case Balcic is an unspecified painting by Constantin Petrescu-Dragoe. It is held in the collection of the Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea.
About this work
Overview
The work titled Peisaj cu case Balcic consists of an untreated canvas displaying a muted, yellow‑brown ground. No painted imagery is present; the surface bears faint pencil lines, occasional smudges, and a small alphanumeric label in the upper right corner, alongside a modest heart sketch near the lower right edge.
Subject & Meaning
Absent any representational content, the piece functions as a document of the artist’s preparatory stage. The minimal markings suggest a preliminary layout for a landscape featuring houses in Balcic, though the intended composition remains speculative.
Technique & Style
The canvas has been primed with a warm-toned ground, typical of early 20th‑century European practice. Light graphite traces indicate a sketching phase, while the scattered smudges likely result from handling or erasing attempts. No paint layers have been applied.
History & Provenance
Details regarding the creator, date of execution, and ownership trail are not provided. The presence of a label with numbers and letters hints at cataloguing within a studio or institutional collection, but further provenance remains undocumented.
Context
Blank or under‑finished canvases occasionally survive as study materials, offering insight into an artist’s planning process. In the case of Peisaj cu case Balcic, the work may represent an abandoned commission or a pedagogical exercise common among landscape painters working in the Black Sea resort of Balcic.
Artist & collection
Artist
Constantin Petrescu-Dragoe painted gentle scenes of everyday life and quiet landscapes around Balcic, a small town on the Black Sea coast.
Museum
Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea
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