Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "OFB[monogram]"; below: "very / clear / & sharp"; at lower right: "Oct 7 -- 16 / 4 PN / van Cortland Pk"; numerous color annotations; verso inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Put with / Oaks Pond"; at upper right in black ink: "Idea / depth of / narro space / cool colors / warm & cold / tone contrasts"; below: "lines in water in trees, fole & bag d"; below: "Th shadow planes parallel to pctre plane / from fore to dist receding become / purer & ltr in blue; the shado planes / at angle to--pctre plane are dK / local color = color + gy, those horizontal / are lightest & yellowish; of sky-- / blue + white. A brilliant red-levd maple in dist