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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.163.15
People
Sanford Robinson Gifford, American (Greenfield, NY 1823 - 1880 New York, NY)
Title
Kauterskill Clove, New York (recto and verso)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Kaaterskill Clove, New York (recto and verso)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1860
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147321

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and white gouache on darkened off-white wove paper
Dimensions
14 x 24.2 cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Kauterskill Clove July 31st
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Kauterskill Clove / Aug 1st 60

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sanford Gifford
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.163.15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The drawing on the verso is made in a vertical orientation.
Commentary
Kaaterskill Clove is a valley in Greene County, NY. Kauterskill is an alternate spelling.

Publication History

  • Adam Greenhalgh, "'Darkness Visible': A Twilight in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford", The American Art Journal (2001), vol. XXXII, no. 1 and 2, pp. 45-75, p. 58, p. 57 repr. fig. 12
  • Kevin J. Avery and Franklin Kelly, ed., Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press (New York; New Haven and London, 2003), pp. 36, 134, p. 136 repr. fig. 78
  • Kevin J. Avery, Sanford R. Gifford in the Catskills, exh. cat., Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Catskill, New York, 2017), p. 37 note 26, p. 38 note 41

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