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Asher Brown Durand

The Edge of the Forest, 1868-1871

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 198.3 × 160 cm (78 1/16 × 63 in.)

framed: 248.9 × 210.8 × 14 cm (98 × 83 × 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund)

Accession Number

2014.79.18

Artists / Makers

Asher Brown Durand (painter) American, 1796 - 1886

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Inscription

lower right: A B Durand / 1871

Provenance

Collection of the artist; purchased 15 April 1874 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1966: Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, unpublished checklist.

1976: Corcoran [The American Genius]. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976, unnumbered catalogue.

1978: The American Landscape Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, no catalogue.

1980: La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington [Painting in the United States from Public Collections in Washington], Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980-1981, no. 13.

2005: Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 38 (shown only in Houston, Southampton, Charlotte).

2005: William MacLeod: Curator and Painter, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 September - 7 November 2005, no. 13, unpublished checklist.

2008: The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1882: Macleod, William. Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes, &c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1882: 43, no. 6.

1887: Macleod, William. Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes, &c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1887: 44, no. 6.

1947: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Handbook of the American Paintings in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1947: 27.

2011: Strong, Lisa. "Asher Brown Durand, The Edge of the Forest" In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 30, 121, 132-133, 266-267, repro.

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