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Trees in nature often look like lines.

Detail of Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan


Paul Cézanne, Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, 1885-1886, oil on canvas, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The William Hood Dunwoody Fund

Paul Cézanne
Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, 1885-1886
oil on canvas
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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In this print, raindrops traveling through space look like lines.


Suzanne Caporael, Seeing Things: Rain, 1990, color woodcut, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Gift of the Print and Drawing Council

Suzanne Caporael
Seeing Things: Rain, 1990
color woodcut
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Gift of the Print and Drawing Council
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