Near Hope Gate, Quebec

1889

Charles H. Woodbury

Associated Names
Charles H. Woodbury

Artist, American, 1864 - 1940

The image shows a raised view of a sloping street. A paved walkway runs alongside a stone wall towards houses in the distance. Buildings are seen on the left side of the slope. In the background, there is a horizon with buildings in the distance. The painting features fine, detailed brushstrokes and a subtle color palette dominated by pale tones, gray, and sepia hues.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Childs Bruen Perkins, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1945; 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. 127, no. 855.

Inscriptions

center right in graphite: Char Herbert Woodbury. / Quebec '89; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: New Hope Gate / C H W Quebec '89 Mount for Corcoran Gallery

Wikidata ID

Q64538646

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