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Object Details

Artist

George Inness, American, b. Newburgh, New York, 1825–1894

Provenance

Jon N. Streep, New York, to 1961

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1961-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History

MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTREAL. "Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American & Canadian Landscape 1860-1918," 18 June-27 September 2009, fig. 8, p. 46. TOUR: VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 17 October-17 January 2010.

SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science, and Invention in the Nineteenth Century," 15 July 2011-8 January 2012, pp. 73-75, color ill.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Date

1893

Accession Number

66.2542

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

45 1/ 4 x 70 1/8 in. (114.9 x 177.9 cm)

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Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py24849745d-304c-4568-8d7d-95234d94ff86

Record ID

hmsg_66.2542