Haystack Mountain, Vermont
Artist:
Asher Brown Durand
(American, 1796 - 1886)
Place made:United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:Vermont, United States, North and Central America
Date: 1852
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/4 x 42 1/4 in. (76.8 x 107.3 cm)
36 5/8 x 48 7/8 in. (93 x 124.1 cm) (Framed)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, given in memory of Mrs. Henry Drought, by exchange
Object number: 86.57.2
Signed: Signed and dated lower right: A.B. Durand / 1852
Provenance: Purchased by Dr. Oppenheimer from the Thomas E. Finger Collection, New York, in 1944
Published References
Lawall, David B. Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1978), 94
Label Text
Part of the Green Mountain Range, Haystack Mountain is located near Wilmington, in the far southern center of Vermont. The highly precise sense of draftsmanship with which Asher B. Durand renders the foliage surrounding his lone hiker and dog, as well as the texture of the mountain in the distance, is a legacy of the artist’s first career. Before turning to easel painting, Durand originally worked as an engraver, who produced not only banknotes, but also translated other artists’ paintings into works on paper. This forever left him with a highly detailed sense of line and detail, which is readily apparent in this peaceful scene.
(William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
(William Keyse Rudolph, 2014)
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