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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Object number1977.65

Newport, Rhode Island

Datec. 1880
Artist (American, 1830-1902)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on paper mounted to board
DimensionsUnframed: 14 3/16 x 18 1/2 in. (36 x 47 cm)
Framed: 21 5/8 x 26 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (55 x 67 x 8 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
On View
Not on view
Period19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned lower right: ABierstadt
InscribedOn reverse of the mount, labels from Fenn Galleries Ltd., Coe Kerr Gallery, and a temporary loan label from the Cleveland Museum of Art
BibliographyFoshay, Ella M., and Sally Mills. All Seasons and Every Light: Nineteenth Century American Landscapes from the Collection of Elias Lyman Magoon. Poughkeepsie, N.Y: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1983, p. 34 ProvenanceFenn Galleries Ltd, Santa Fe. Private collection; on view at Coe Kerr Gallery, New York; gifted from previously noted private collection
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryArt for Collectors, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, November 20, 1974 – December 18, 1974;

All Seasons and Every Light, Vassar College Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 14 - December 16, 1983; DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, MA, February 5 - March 25, 1984; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, March 25 - July 1, 1984; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, November 16, 1984 - January 13, 1985;

American Stories 1800 - 1950, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 29 - April 17, 2016
DescriptionDepiction of a rocky coastline looking out at the open water with a sailboat in the midground and several others on the horizon in the background. On the left is a bridge-like structure jutting out from the rocks and in the water at center left is a small boat with three figures and a flag. The sky above is a serene light blue with wispy small puffs of clouds throughout.
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