North from Storm King

1850s

John William Casilear

Associated Names
John William Casilear

Artist, American, 1811 - 1893

The image depicts a landscape with a body of water, likely a river, stretching horizontally. Hills and mountain slopes meet the sky in the background. The style is characterized by delicate pencil strokes, shading defining hills, rocky outcrops, and foliage. Rugged terrain with sparse vegetation is detailed with various plants and trees. The color palette is subdued and monochromatic, using pencil and faint white highlights to imply light and shadow. Small sailboats are seen in the distance on the water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite heightened with white on light green wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.6 × 35.3 cm (8 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.4.6


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, 251, fig. 288.

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 36.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite by unknown hand: (arrow pointing down) 3

Wikidata ID

Q64584491

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