An Opalescent River, (painting).

An Opalescent River, (painting).

Symons, George Gardner, 1861/65-1930, painter.

An Opalescent River, (painting).

50 1/2 x 60 1/16 in. (128.3 x 152.4 cm).

(Lower right:) Gardner Symons signed

A view looking down a partially frozen river, possibly the Deerfield River near the artist's home in Colerain, Massachusetts. The lavender opalescent color of the water contrasts with the bright patches of snow and ice that cover the river and the bank.

Landscape -- Season -- Winter

Landscape -- Weather -- Snow

Landscape -- River -- Deerfield River

Landscape -- Massachusetts -- Colerain

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 09.223

Formerly in the collection of McMillin, Emerson, New York, New York 1909.

The label on the back of the painting reads: "Gardner Symons / St. Ives, Cornwall / The Opalescent River / New England."

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.

Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 407.

Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 408.

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