Mountain Landscape

late 19th century

John William Casilear

Associated Names
John William Casilear

Artist, American, 1811 - 1893

This image shows a landscape with rolling hills, mountains, trees, and rocky terrain. The horizon is high in the composition, with mountains in the distance. The drawing style is sketchy with different pencil strokes for trees and rocks. The color palette is monochromatic with gray tones on a beige background.

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Artwork overview

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

Exhibition History

1975

  • In Praise of Space, Westminster College Art Gallery, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania; Parsons School of Design, New York, 1975-1976

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. 32, no. 230.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite by unknown hand: D; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Th6558. C-44; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 18122

Wikidata ID

Q64584499

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