id:			143772
accession number:	1968.21
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.21
updated:		2022-06-21 09:00:49.908000

Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849. Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886). Oil on canvas; framed: 64.8 x 83.2 x 7.9 cm (25 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 42.5 x 61.3 cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.); former: 53.5 x 72 x 6.5 cm (21 1/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1968.21

title:				Trees on a Rocky Hillside
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creation date:			c. 1849
creation date earliest:		1844
creation date latest:		1854
current location:		206 American Landscape
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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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

* Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 64.8 x 83.2 x 7.9 cm (25 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 42.5 x 61.3 cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.); Former: 53.5 x 72 x 6.5 cm (21 1/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower left: "ABD"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	title:		Durand
	opening date:   1971-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>Durand</i>. Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (organizer) (October 24-November 28, 1971).

	title:		Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art
	opening date:   1974-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art</i>. Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, DeKalb, IL (organizer) (October 27-November 22, 1974).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review for 1968 (29 January - 9 March 1969).<br>Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, A.B. Durand, 1796 - 1886 (24 October - 28 November 1971), no. 70, ill. p. 63 as Rocks and Trees.<br>Dekalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art (27 October - 22 November 1974), possibly traveled to South Bend, IN, Snite Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame (1 December 1974 - 26 January 1975), no. 15, ill. p. 36.<br>Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West (17 February - 21 March 1982).

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-
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	(Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: Until 1968
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	Private collection, Philadelphia, probably consigned to Kennedy Galleries
	date: c. 1966-1968
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			* 1 After the painting failed to sell at the 1966 Sotheby's sale, it was purchased by a private collector. A letter from Lawrence Fleischman of Kennedy Galleries states that the painting came from a private collection in Philadelphia. The Kennedy Galleries records at the Archives of American Art contain no information concerning their acquisition of the painting.
			
			
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	(Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, Nov. 17, 1966, no. 48, unsold)
	date: 1966
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	Private collection
	date: -1966
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fun fact: 
Before becoming a painter, Durand designed paper currency for the federal government.

digital description: 
Durand was one of the first American artists to paint outdoors, rather than in the confines of a studio, which was the longstanding tradition. This outdoor oil sketch of a seemingly random corner of the woods offers an intimate view of a granite outcropping amid lush vegetation. Its small-scale, unusually cropped composition contrasts with the sweeping vistas in many other landscapes of the era.

wall description: 
Durand was one of the first American artists to paint outdoors, rather than in the confines of a studio, which was the longstanding tradition. This outdoor oil sketch of a seemingly random corner of the woods offers an intimate view of a granite outcropping amid lush vegetation. Its small-scale, unusually cropped composition contrasts with the sweeping vistas in many other landscapes in this gallery.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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	Lawrence A. Fleischmann, letter to Ann Tzeutschler Lurie, May 11, 1968, in CMA curatorial fi
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	Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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	Adams, Henry. <em>What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 68 - 69
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