The Edge of the Forest

1868-1871

Asher Brown Durand

Painter, American, 1796 - 1886

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection of the artist; purchased 15 April 1874 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, unpublished checklist.

1976

  • Corcoran [The American Genius]. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976, unnumbered catalogue.

1978

  • The American Landscape Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, no catalogue.

1980

  • La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington [Painting in the United States from Public Collections in Washington], Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980-1981, no. 13.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 38 (shown only in Houston, Southampton, Charlotte).

  • William MacLeod: Curator and Painter, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 September - 7 November 2005, no. 13, unpublished checklist.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1882

  • Macleod, William. Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes, &c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1882: 43, no. 6.

1887

  • Macleod, William. Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes, &c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1887: 44, no. 6.

1947

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. Handbook of the American Paintings in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1947: 27.

2011

  • Strong, Lisa. "Asher Brown Durand, The Edge of the Forest" In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 30, 121, 132-133, 266-267, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: A B Durand / 1871

Wikidata ID

Q20188705

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