Object number1978.3.3
Passing Storm
Date1872
Artist
Jervis McEntee
(American, 1828-1891)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 13 7/16 x 14 15/16 in. (34.2 x 38 cm)
Framed: 25 9/16 x 37 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (65 x 95.2 x 9 cm)
Framed: 25 9/16 x 37 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (65 x 95.2 x 9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Robert Wilkinson, in memory of Edith Wilkinson
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right in black: J McEntee, Dec. 14' 1872.
BibliographyVedder, Lee A., Kerry Dean Carso, and David Schuyler. Jervis McEntee: Painter-Poet of the Hudson River School. New York: Samuel Dorksy Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, p. 90, pl. 39;
Bedell, Rebecca and Allegra K. Davis. Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory, Hudson, NY: The Olana Partnership and Munich, Germany: Hirmer Verlag, 2024, pp. 114-115Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryNature in America: Taming the Landscape, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 29 - August 26, 2012;Jervis McEntee: Hudson Valley Native Son, Samuel Dorksy Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, August 26 - December 13, 2015;
Schweizer, Paul D., "Copying Cole," in Canvas to Culture: Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life Lives On, Utica, NY: Munson Museum of Art, 2025, p. 24, 30
DescriptionDepiction of a coastal scene looking down from a grassy, rock-laden landscape on a sandy beach with dark blue water on the horizon. The clouds above are a mottled grey and gradually lighten in the distance. Along the horizon line is a bright strip of daylight and a small white bird soars above.
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