Half Dome and Royal Arches, Yosemite, from Glacier Point
c. 1870
Artist, American, 1832 - 1920
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on gray wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Ralph Cross Johnson)
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Dimensions
sheet: 24.45 × 34.61 cm (9 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2798
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Colman Family; (Kennedy Galleries, New York); (Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1980
Works on Paper from Thomas Cole to Andrew Wyeth, Adams, Davidson Galleries, Washington, DC, 1980, p. 5, fig. 22, repro
1982
Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983
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. 35-36, no. 18, 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. 453.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Half Dome + Royal Arches Yosemite; lower right in graphite: 9 5/8 x 13 1/2 9c; lower left corner in graphite: 18 [circled]; across top verso of mat in purple ink: [undeciphered] Half Dome + Cathedral Arches Yosemite / From Glacier Point.
Wikidata ID
Q64630275