Swiftwater

1854

Daniel Huntington

Associated Names
Daniel Huntington

Artist, American, 1816 - 1906

The image shows a view from above of a small waterfall between rocky boulders, with a mountainous backdrop and trees in the distance. The artist used soft brushstrokes resembling pencil or charcoal on brown paper to depict details in the rocks and water, with lighter rendering for the trees and mountains. The color palette consists of earth tones and subtle grays and whites.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Spanierman Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978

1979

  • Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

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. 224.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Swiftwater Sep 21, 54; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 7712 D Spanierman

Wikidata ID

Q64540747

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