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Near the Coast [large plate]

1886

Robert Swain Gifford

Associated Names

Robert Swain Gifford

Artist, American, 1840 - 1905

The image shows a landscape with an expansive sky filled with swirling clouds rendered in detailed hatching. The horizon line sits low above distant water and land. Fine lines create texture and depth, portraying movement in the clouds and trees. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of brown and black. The foreground features grasses, shrubs, and a twisted tree with bare swaying branches. In the distance, smaller trees and bushes are visible amidst light and shadows.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 17.4 × 27.1 cm (6 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
sheet: 29.5 × 42.2 cm (11 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2046
Catalogue Raisonné

Wright 2002, no. 69

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2002

Wright, David G. R. Swain Gifford: A Catalogue of Etchings, 1865-1891. Massachusetts: New Bedford Whaling Museum, 2002, pp. 150-53, no. 69.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: R. Swain Gifford; lower right in graphite: R. Swain Gifford.; upper left in graphite by unknown hand: 2

Wikidata ID

Q76548105

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