This is the first of a series of tree studies directly inspired by the 1671 Chinese manual of painting, the Chieh Tzu Yuan Chuan. "Mark well the way the branches dispose themselves, the yin and yang of them, which are in the front and which in the back, which are on the left and which on the right; mark well the tensions created by some branches pushing forward while others seem to withdraw." This drawing is in archival ink on 140# acid-free paper. The dimensions with border are 13.8 x 10.6". The drawing is unframed.