id: 125236
accession number: 1947.198
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View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota, 1862. Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872). Oil on canvas; framed: 38.5 x 63 x 6.5 cm (15 3/16 x 24 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 30.2 x 54.5 cm (11 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Macbeth, 1947.198
title: View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota
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creation date: 1862
creation date earliest: 1862
creation date latest: 1862
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creditline: Gift of William Macbeth
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culture: America
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 38.5 x 63 x 6.5 cm (15 3/16 x 24 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 30.2 x 54.5 cm (11 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: R.S.D. / 1862; signed on verso: Valley of Lake Pepin/Minnesota/Painted By R.S.D.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: American Negro Artists of the 19th Century
opening date: 1967-02-01T05:00:00
American Negro Artists of the 19th Century. Howard University, Washington, D.C., DC (organizer) (February 1-March 25, 1967).
title: XIXth Century Afro-American Artists, Bannister and Duncanson
opening date: 1972-01-09T05:00:00
XIXth Century Afro-American Artists, Bannister and Duncanson. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (January 9-February 6, 1972); The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (March 15-April 30, 1972).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "Painters of Ohio's Past. The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (June 5-July 5,1953); The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (July 15-August 16,1953); The Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (September 1- September 22, 1953); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (4 October 4-26,1953).", 'opening_date': '1953-06-05T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Robert S. Duncanson: A Centennial Exhibition. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (March 16-April 30, 1972).', 'opening_date': '1972-03-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Two Centuries of Black American Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (September 30-November 21, 1976); The High Museum of Art, Alanta, GA (January 8-February 20, 1977); Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (March 30-May 15, 1977); The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (25 June 25-August 21,1977).', 'opening_date': '1976-09-30T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Eric Lundberg, Tuttle's Book Shop, Rutland, VT, 1945, sold to William Macbeth
date: -1945
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(William Macbeth, Inc., New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1945-1947
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1947-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Porter, James A. Ten Afro-American Artists of the Nineteenth Century. Washington DC: Gallery of Art, Howard University, 1967.
page number: Mentioned: p. 14
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Duncanson, Robert S. Robert S. Duncanson: A Centennial Exhibition. Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Art Museum,1972.
page number: Mentioned: p. 13; Reproduced: p. 26
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Coen, Rena Neumann. Painting and Sculpture in Minnesota, 1820-1914. Minneapolis, MN: Published by the University of Minnesota Press for the University Gallery of the University of Minnesota, 1976.
page number: Mentioned: p. 32-50; Reproduced: p. 43
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Driskell, David C., and Leonard Simon. Two Centuries of Black American Art: [Exhibition], Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, the Brooklyn Museum. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.
page number: Mentioned: p. 33, 124
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Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland,OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 67
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Ketner, Joseph D., and Robert S. Duncanson. The Emergence of the African-American Artist: Robert S. Duncanson, 1821-1872. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1993.
page number: Mentioned: p. 112-133, 156-176, 198-203, 219-222; Reproduced: fig. 102
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Adams, Henry. What's American About American Art?: A Gallery Tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
page number: Reproduced: p. 81
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Cole, Mark, Amy Sparks, and Rebecca Michaels. African American Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page number: Reproduced: p. 16
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Zellman, Michael David. American Art Analog. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers in association with American Art Analog, 1986.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 401-410, vol. 2
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Green, Tyler. Emerson's Nature and the Artists: Idea As Landscape, Landscape As Idea. Munich: Prestel, 2021.
page number: Reproduced: P. 123, fig. 57
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Arabindan-Kesson, Anna. "From Poetry to Paint: Robert S. Duncanson and the Song of Hiawatha." In Intermedia, Ursula Frohne, ed., 86-121. Chicago: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2022.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 102, fig. 8
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