id:			171296
accession number:	2014.12
share license status:	CC0
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Vale of Kashmir, 1867. Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872). Oil on canvas; framed: 94.9 x 154.6 x 12.1 cm (37 3/8 x 60 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 73 x 132.4 cm (28 3/4 x 52 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund 2014.12

title:				Vale of Kashmir
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creation date:			1867
creation date earliest:		1867
creation date latest:		1867
current location:		206 American Landscape
creditline:			Sundry Purchase 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

* Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 94.9 x 154.6 x 12.1 cm (37 3/8 x 60 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 73 x 132.4 cm (28 3/4 x 52 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed at lower right: Duncanson. / 1867. / Cinti O
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Robert S. Duncanson: A Centennial Exhibition, Cincinnati Art Museum, March 16-April 30, 1972.', 'opening_date': '1972-03-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection.</em> National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (June 4-September 4, 1989); M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 23-November 26, 1989); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (December 18, 1989-February 25, 1990); Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (March 27-May 27, 1990).', 'opening_date': '1989-06-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Lifting the Veil: Robert S. Duncanson and the Emergence of the African American Artist. </em>Cincinnati Art Museum and Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH (September 15--November 26, 1995); Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO (January 26--March 31, 1996); Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth,TX (April 20--June 16, 1996); Hammonds House Gardens and Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA (July 19--September 15, 1996).', 'opening_date': '1995-11-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Long Term Loan. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 2007-June 2009).', 'opening_date': '2007-10-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and the American Art of the Civil War Era. </em>The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN (July 5-October 4, 2009); Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (October 18, 2009-January 24, 2010); The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (June 2-August 26, 2012).', 'opening_date': '2009-07-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Long Term Loan. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (December 12, 2012-January 2014).', 'opening_date': '2012-12-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mary Elizabeth Jergens. Los Angeles; Spanierman Gallery, New York [1980]; Richard and Jane Manoogian, Grosse Pointe Park, MI, purchased 1980.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Robert S. Duncanson: A Centennial Exhibition</em>. Cincinnati, OH : Cincinnati Art Museum, 1972.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 15, 40; Reproduced: p. 29
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	Cederholm, Theresa Dickason. <em>Afro-American Artists; a Bio-Bibliographical Directory</em>. Boston, MA: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1973.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 83
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	Manoogian, Richard A. <em>American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection</em>. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1989.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 25
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	Thomison, Dennis. <em>The Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions</em>. Metuchen, NJ.: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 90
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	Ketner, Joseph D. <em>The Emergence of the African-American Artist: Robert S. Duncanson, 1821-1872</em>. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1993.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 8, 162-163, 202; Reproduced: cover, p. 130-131
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	Katz, Wendy Jean. <em>Regionalism and Reform: Art and Class Formation in Antebellum Cincinnati</em>. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2002.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 130, 134; Reproduced: p. 130
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	Sharp, Kevin, Adam M. Thomas, and Kevin Sharp. <em>Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era</em>. Memphis, TN: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2009.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 153-157; Reproduced:  p. 56
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Artistic Excellence: Acquisitions 2012-14</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 30-31
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	Arendsee, M., and M. Steinman-Arendsee. "Take the CAN disability aesthetics tour, at the Cleveland Museum of art." <em>CAN Journal </em>(Winter 2019/20): 76-87.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 79
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	Ware, Zaria. Blk Art: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art. New York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 142-143
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