Nile Journey, No. 22

1890

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

The image shows jagged rocks protruding from a calm body of water. In the distance, there are sandy, rolling hills creating a horizon line near the top third of the image. The landscape is detailed with texture in the hills. The pencil strokes provide shading and lighting effects on the rocks and land. The color palette consists of earth tones with muted shades dominating, while hints of blue are visible in the sky and water.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Rome, Italy; Anita Herriman Vedder (daughter of the artist), Rome, Italy, 1923; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1954; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2011

  • Elihu Vedder: Voyage On the Nile, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, 2011-2012, p. 97, no. 53, repro

Bibliography

1970

  • Soria, Regina. Elihu Vedder: American Visionary Artist in Rome (1836-1923). Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1970, no. D402.

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. 80, no. 505.

Inscriptions

lower right in charcoal: E. Vedder 90; lower right in graphite: as- Jan 22nd; lower right in blue pencil by unknown hand: 22

Watermarks

CANSON & MONTGOLFIER VIDALON I

Wikidata ID

Q64558528

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