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Source Description
Asher Durand spent the first two decades of his working life as an engraver. During the 1830s he turned to painting portraits, and then, encouraged by Thomas Cole, to landscapes. By the 1840s Durand was concentrating on landscapes exclusively. Working in New York City, he became a close colleague of Cole, and served as president of the National Academy of Design. He regularly ventured into remote areas of the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains to make sketches, which he used in the landscapes composed in his studio during the winter.This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' many drawings albums.
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Document identity
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14285
label
Valley Landscape in Moonlight
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object
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14285
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object
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normalized
title
Valley Landscape in Moonlight
description
Asher Durand spent the first two decades of his working life as an engraver. During the 1830s he turned to painting portraits, and then, encouraged by Thomas Cole, to landscapes. By the 1840s Durand was concentrating on landscapes exclusively. Working in New York City, he became a close colleague of Cole, and served as president of the National Academy of Design. He regularly ventured into remote areas of the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains to make sketches, which he used in the landscapes composed in his studio during the winter.This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' many drawings albums.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1859
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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drawings (visual works)
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
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cm
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19.8
height
13.8
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H: 7 13/16 x W: 5 7/16 in. (19.8 x 13.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature and date] Lower left: A.B. Durand 1859
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pencil on paper, heightened with white
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5375
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EAN
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2160
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