id: 144732
accession number: 1969.52
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Storm in the Mountains, 1847. Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900). Oil on canvas; framed: 98.7 x 86.4 x 9.2 cm (38 7/8 x 34 x 3 5/8 in.); unframed: 75.5 x 62.8 cm (29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.); former: 94.5 x 81.5 x 9 cm (37 3/16 x 32 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.52
title: Storm in the Mountains
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creation date: 1847
creation date earliest: 1847
creation date latest: 1847
current location: 206 American Landscape
creditline: Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade 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
* Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 98.7 x 86.4 x 9.2 cm (38 7/8 x 34 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed: 75.5 x 62.8 cm (29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.); Former: 94.5 x 81.5 x 9 cm (37 3/16 x 32 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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inscription: Signed in center on tree: "F. CHURCH. 1847"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1969
opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
title: Visions of Landscape: East and West
opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00
Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'New York, American Art Union 1847, no. 120; listed as the property of E. G. Merick of Clayton, NY in Mary Bartlett Cowdrey, American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art-Union Exhibition Record 1816-1852, (New York, 1953), p. 70.', 'opening_date': '1953-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, A Nation’s Legacy: 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections; (19 January - 15 March 1992), traveled to Tokyo, Isetan Museum (9 April - 5 May 1992), Yamaguchi, The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art (12 May- 21 June 1992), Fukushima, the Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art (27 June - 2 August 1992), Takamatsu, the Takamatsu City Museum of Art (7 August- 6 September 1992) and Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda (23 September- 5 October 1992); cat. no. 4, repr. p. 29, p. 174.', 'opening_date': '1992-01-19T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Fort Worth, TX, Amon Carter Museum, The Early Landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church (9 March - 29 April 1984); p. 43, 86-7. illus. p. 87 as cat. 4; Blasted Tree (Storm in the Mountains).', 'opening_date': '1984-03-09T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art, Frederic Edwin Church (8 October 1989- 18 March 1990), p. 36-7, 40, cat. no. 2.', 'opening_date': '1989-10-08T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Sold to E. G. Merrick, Clayton, NY (in family until 1967)-(Eldridge Gerry Merrick, E. G. Merrick II, Mrs. John P. Nevins (daughter), West Brattleboro, Vermont); Adams Davidson and Company, Washington, D. C. 1967; Hirschl and Adler, N. Y. Sold to CMA and the CMA's Prendergast The Road to the Village, New Hampshire, La Farge's Choir, and Durand's Scene among the Berkshire Hills, 10 May 1969.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Visions of Landscape East and West." Asia Vol. 4, No. 5 (January/February 1982): pp. 24-29.
page number: Reproduced: p. 29
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Carr, Gerald L. Frederic Edwin Church: Catalogue Raisonné of Works of Art at Olana State Historic Site. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
page number: Reproduced: p. 70, fig. 27
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Franklin, David. The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 52 - 53
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