id:			125092
accession number:	1946.72
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.72
updated:		2025-10-08 11:06:24.896000

Pastures, Branchville, Connecticut, c. 1888–91. John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902). Pastel on composition board; sheet: 37.9 x 45.7 cm (14 15/16 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of E. R. Brumley, 1946.72

title:				Pastures, Branchville, Connecticut
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creation date:			c. 1888–91
creation date earliest:		1888
creation date latest:		1891
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of E. R. Brumley
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culture:	America
technique:	pastel on composition board
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 37.9 x 45.7 cm (14 15/16 x 18 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	gray-green sandpaper (discolored to light brown) (paper: P. L. Breveté)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left, in crayon: J.H. Twachtman - ; along right edge, in graphite: 25  17 1/2 x 14
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		John Henry Twachtman Retrospective
	opening date:   1966-10-07T04:00:00
	<i>John Henry Twachtman Retrospective</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 7-November 20, 1966).

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. 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
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

	title:		Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2016-11-19T05:00:00
	<i>Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition. </em>Cincinnati Art Museum (October 7–November 20, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-11-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	E. R. Brumley, New York, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-1946
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1946-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Francis, Henry. "Recent Accessions to the Museum Collections." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>33, no. 9 (November 1946): 167-168.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 167
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141316

	Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. 2, p. 591 (catalogue A, no. 1010)
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	Boyle, Richard J., Mary Welsh Baskett, and Philip R. Adams. <em>John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition. </em>Exh. Cat. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 96
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	"A Check List: American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> (January 1973).
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 34
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