Castleton, Vermont

1871

James R. Brevoort

Associated Names
James Renwick Brevoort

Artist, American, 1832 - 1918

The image depicts a rural landscape with a creek winding through grassy banks and shrubs. A tree and several buildings are scattered across the scene. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of shades of grey.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Rudolf Eickemeyer (Florence Brevoort, daughter of the artist), Yonkers, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1975

  • In Praise of Space, Westminster College Art Gallery, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania; Parsons School of Design, New York, 1975-1976

1979

  • Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

  • American Places, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979-1980

1980

  • Hudson River Drawing, Falmouth Public Library, Massachusetts, 1980-1981

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 29-31, no. 14, repro

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 72, no. 452.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Castleton Vt. / August, 1871

Wikidata ID

Q64580686

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