Marion River at Bassett's Camp

c. 1885

Seneca Ray Stoddard

Associated Names
Seneca Ray Stoddard

Artist, American, 1843 - 1917

The image shows a view from a slightly elevated angle of a rocky riverbed flowing through a dense forest. Trees border the river on both sides, with no visible sky in the high horizon. The trees are a mix of evergreens and leafless trees. Close to us, smooth stones and ripples in the water create a textured pathway. In the middle, a person stands on a rock extending into the riverbed, holding a long stick. The color palette is subdued and monochromatic, dominated by shades of brown and gray. The lighting is soft, casting delicate shadows and enhancing details of the foliage, rocks, and water surface.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Glens Falls Historical Society, Glens Falls, New York; (Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • East of the Mississippi, National Gallery of Art, Washington; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 2017 - 2018, no. 165.

Inscriptions

on image, bottom left: 737 Marion River at Bassett's Camp; on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite: 737; center bottom in graphite: PF 23728.III

Wikidata ID

Q64169764

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