Musidora

1825

Asher Brown Durand

Associated Names
Asher Brown Durand

Artist, American, 1796 - 1886

Burton & Valentine

Printer

The image shows a woman standing in a natural outdoor setting. She is leaning slightly to her left with one hand resting on a rock, while her other hand holds a cloth across her torso and hips. The woman has long, wavy hair and a serene expression on her face. She is barefoot amidst foliage, with a river to her left and trees in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.99 × 27.15 cm (14 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
    plate: 43.02 × 30.8 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.15 × 33.5 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.601

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hart 1895, no. 236

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Walter Weir, New York; Estate of Robert W. Weir, New York, 1889; (The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1895

  • Hart, Charles Henry. Catalogue of the Engraved Work of Asher B. Durand. New York: Grolier Club, 1895, p. 101, no. 236.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite by unknown hand: proof; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: $25-
text at bottom in plate:
Designed & Engraved by A.B. Durand, New York 1825 / Musidora / with timid eye around / the banks surveying, stripp'd her beauteous limbs, / to taste the lucid coolness of the flood. / Printed by Burton & Valentine, New York / Thomson's Seasons.

Markings

stamped lower right verso in purple ink: Estate of Robert W. Weir / No. ____ [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77013821

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