Lake of Brienz

late 19th century

John William Casilear

Artist, American, 1811 - 1893

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 11, no. 78.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1 Pines or firs / 2 inclining to greenish / 3 summit of mountains warm purple / greenish at base with bluish shadows / water greenish much lighter than the / slopes reflected with only slight / aproximation [sic] to the hue, except warm / grays or reddish tones / 4 warm gray 5 riddish brown 6 quite red / 7 brownish gray or purplish 8 gray / 9 clearing delicate green / 10 land slips or water [not deciphered]; lower right in graphite: Lake Brienz August [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64584498

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