Solitude

1880

Mary Nimmo Moran

Associated Names
Mary Nimmo Moran

Artist, American, born Scotland, 1842 - 1899

American Art Review

Publisher

The image shows a wooded area with tall, slender trees in a cluster. The trees are vertical, bending slightly in one direction. The horizon is visible behind the trees, with more vegetation extending to the edge. The artwork features detailed textures of tree barks and foliage, with subtle shading around the roots. The color palette is mainly sepia and brown, giving a vintage and natural impression. In the distance, dense trees create a dark mass, enhancing the depth of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. S.R. Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts)

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.49 × 18.73 cm (5 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    plate: 14.29 × 19.21 cm (5 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.45 × 32.23 cm (9 5/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2460

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Klackner 1889, no. 9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1881; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1881

  • Koehler, S.R., ed. The American Art Review 2, no. 5 (March 1881): p. 183.

1889

  • Klackner, Christian. A Catalogue of the Complete Etched Works of Thomas Moran, N.A., and M. Nimmo Moran, S.P.E.. New York: C. Klackner's, 1889, p. 18, no. 9.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: M.N.M. / 1880

Wikidata ID

Q77011352

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