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, 19th century
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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inscriptions:
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
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* 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).
* Ten Afro-American Artists of the Nineteenth Century: An Exhibition Commemorating the Centennial of Howard University. The Gallery of Art, Howard University, Washington DC (February 3-March 30, 1967).
* Bannaster and Duncanson: XIXth Century Afro-American Artists. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (January 9-6 February 6,1972).
* Robert S. Duncanson: A Centennial Exhibition. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (March 16-April 30, 1972).
* 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).
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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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fun fact:
The sport of waterskiing was invented on Lake Pepin in 1922.
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Duncanson was the first African American painter to achieve recognition at home and abroad. Although most of his career was spent in Cincinnati, he painted this calm, panoramic scene during a journey up the Mississippi River to Canada, which he likely made to escape the upheaval of the Civil War. Duncanson worked in Montreal and London, England, before returning home after the war.
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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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IMAGES
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