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1839 · Art Institute of Chicago

New England Scenery

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painting by Thomas Cole

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Date
1839Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1839
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
57.1 × 46.7 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 57.1 × 46.7 cm
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1900.558Wikidata
Credit line
Nickerson CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

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  1. 1900 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
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Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Boston Athenaeum, Fourteenth Exhibition of Paintings, Jun–?, 1840, cat. 35, as “Sunrise. A New England Scene.” New York City, Apollo Association, Granite Building, Eighth Exhibition, Oct. 5–Dec. ?, 1841, cat. 46, as “Landscape—New England Scenery.” New York City, Gallery of the American Art–Union, The Washington Exhibition in Aid of the New York Gallery of the Fine Arts, Mar–May 1, 1853, cat. 110. Chicago, Art–Hall, Exposition Building, The Inter–State Industrial Exposition, Sept. 7–Oct. 9, 1876, cat. 361, as “Landscape.” Chicago, Industrial Service Center, Y.W.C.A., Sept. 19, 1924–June 3, 1927, extended loan,as “Ideal Mountains.” Chicago, George Williams College (formerly Y.M.C.A. College), Nov. 19, 1931–Nov. 7, 1940, extended loan, as “Landscape.” Hudson River Exhibition, Feb. 15–Mar. 25, 1945. Milwaukee Art Institute, Nineteenth Century American Masters, Feb. 20–Mar. 28, 1948, cat. 12. Hartford, Conn., Wadsworth Atheneum, Thomas Cole 1801–1848: One Hundred Years Later, Nov. 12, 1948–Jan. 2, 1949, cat. 155, as Niagara Falls; New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan. 8–30, 1949. Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available]. Arts Club of Chicago, The American Landscape, Nov. 14–Dec. 29, 1973, cat. 4. Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Niagara: Two Centuries of Changing Attitudes, 1697–1901, Sept. 21–Nov. 24, 1985; Buffalo, Knox Art Gallery, July 13–Sept. 1, 1985, Corcoran Gallery of Art, New–York Historical Society, Jan. 22–Apr. 27, 1986.
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