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In the Woods, (painting). Artist:  Durand, Asher B., 1796-1886, painter. Title:  In the Woods, (painting). Other Titles:  Landscape, Composition, Afternoon, In the Woods, (painting). Dates:  1847. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  60 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. ( 153.7 x 121.3 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) A. B. Durand / 1847 signed Description:  Landscape with two trees in the foreground and in the background, a farmer on horseback herding a small group of sheep and cattle edge of a wooded area. Subject:  Landscape -- Time -- Afternoon Figure male Occupation -- Farm -- Shepherd Animal -- Sheep Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Amherst College, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 Accession Number: 1947.40 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Robb, James, Karolik, Maxim, Newport, Rhode Island John Levy Gallery, New York, New York Macbeth Galleries, New York, New York Clark, Stephen C., New York, New York Purchased from Macbeth Gallery, Inc., May 6, 1947. Remarks:  The painting was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1847, no. 29; and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1851, no. 168; in 1852, no. 358; and 1853, no. 393 under the title "Evening." References:  Owner, 1973: Registration Records. Lawall, David B., "Asher B. Durand: a documentary catalogue of the narrative and landscape paintings," New York: Garland Pub., 1978, no. 111. "A Summary Catalogue of the Collection at the Mead Art Gallery," Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, pg. 71. Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape," New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pg. 151. Illustration:  Image on file. Lawall, David B., "Asher B. Durand: a documentary catalogue of the narrative and landscape paintings," New York: Garland Pub., 1978, fig. 57. "A Summary Catalogue of the Collection at the Mead Art Gallery," Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, pg. 71. Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape," New York: Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pl. 49. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 20090304   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 20090304 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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