Object number1864.1.37

Home Again from a Foreign Shore

Date1856

Artist Régis François Gignoux (French, 1816-1882, active in US)

CultureFrench, American

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 12 x 20 1/8 in. (30.48 x 51.12 cm)
Framed: 18 3/8 x 26 5/8 x 2 in. (46.67 x 67.63 x 5.08 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Painting

SignedSigned and dated (LR): R. Gignoux 1856.

BibliographyAll Seasons and Every Light, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1983), p. 60, repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon

Vassar Exhibitions

Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College Art Gallery, "All Seasons and Every Light" 14 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1983

Lincoln, MA, DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, "All Seasons and Every Light" 5 Feb. - 25 March, 1984.

West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Museum of Art, "All Seasons and Every Light" 25 March - 1 July 1984.

Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, "All Seasons and Every Light" 16 Nov. 1984 - 13 Jan. 1985.

Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial," April 11 - June 29, 2014.

Terms

landscapes (representations)

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