Constitution Island and Foundry from West Point, New York
c. 1837
Artist, American, 1808 - 1875
Seth Eastman
Attributed to
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G22
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 12.07 × 23.5 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.579
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Anna J. Moebs, Tuscaloosca, Alabama; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1959
The Art of Seth Eastman: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1959-1960, pp. 5, 28, no. 5
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. 8, no. 52.
Inscriptions
lower left in brown ink: Constitution Island and Foundry from West Point N.Y.
Wikidata ID
Q64630800