Moonlight

c. 1905

Julian Alden Weir

Artist, American, 1852 - 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
    framed: 81.6 x 71.8 x 7.3 cm (32 1/8 x 28 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.4.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably purchased from the artist by (Newman Emerson Montross, New York); sold 1908 to Hugo Reisinger [1856-1914], New York; his estate; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 18 January 1916, no. 8); A[aron] Augustus Healy [1850-1921], Brooklyn; by inheritance to his wife, Theodosia [Mrs. A. Augustus] Healy, Cold Spring-on-Hudson, New York; (her sale, American Art Association, New York, 23 March 1939, no. 72); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1954 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1965

  • Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 46, repro.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 118, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 254, repro.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 193, repro. 194.

1983

  • Burke, Doreen Bolger. J. Alden Weir: An American Impressionist. Newark, Delaware, 1983: 232, illus. 6.15.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 376, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 230-232, color repro.

2003

  • Merrill, Linda, et al. After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting. Exh. cat. High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Detroit Institute of Arts. Atlanta, 2003:

Inscriptions

lower left: J. Alden Weir

Wikidata ID

Q20190953

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