Object number1864.1.41
Nature's Nook
Date1857
Artist
James MacDougal Hart
(American, 1828-1901)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (31.75 x 21.59 cm)
Framed: 19 x 15 x 2 1/4 in. (48.26 x 38.1 x 5.72 cm)
Framed: 19 x 15 x 2 1/4 in. (48.26 x 38.1 x 5.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LR): James M. Hart / 57
InscribedInscribed (verso): The Nook -- Jas. M. Hart -- 1857.
BibliographyAll Seasons and Every Light, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1983), p. 64 repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College Art Gallery, "All Seasons and Every Light" 14 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1983Lincoln, 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, "American Stories 1800 - 1950," January 29 - April 17, 2016
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