id: 117908
accession number: 1938.62
share license status: CC0
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Albano, Italy, c. 1872. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Watercolor with gouache over graphite; sheet: 32.6 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1938.62
title: Albano, Italy
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creation date: c. 1872
creation date earliest: 1867
creation date latest: 1877
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creditline: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: watercolor with gouache over graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* George Inness (American, 1825–1894) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 32.6 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
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description: blue wove paper
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inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: G. Inness ; verso, by unknown hand, in graphite, upper left: No 11 ; lower left, in graphite: No 21 [crossed out] 16 [circled]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Paintings by George Inness
opening date: 1965-12-12T05:00:00
Paintings by George Inness. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (organizer) (December 12, 1965-January 30, 1966).
title: America Draws
opening date: 1984-12-28T05:00:00
America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).
title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00
American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
title: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
opening date: 2004-08-15T00:00:00
Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
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PROVENANCE
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This lyrical drawing on brilliant blue paper was done on a trip to Italy, where George Inness made a series of watercolor sketches of the Italian countryside in the vicinity of Albano. In contrast to the precision of his earlier Hudson River school paintings, in the early 1870s his work achieved a new freedom. This drawing is reminiscent of a classical Italian landscape, illustrating a broad expanse with a road winding through an Italian village, complete with framing trees in the foreground and ancient fortifications in the background. Inness made this drawing by applying wet washes one on top of another, intentionally creating a blurred effect, like that of a memory from the distant past.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lemonedes, Heather, "Visible Spirit", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 44 no. 07, September 2004
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url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2004-07/page/n5
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