1926.38: The Light of the "Smudge" and After Sunset Glow: Row Song at Chateaugay

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1926.38

People

Abbott Handerson Thayer, American (Boston, MA 1849 - 1921 Monadnock, NY)

Title

The Light of the "Smudge" and After Sunset Glow: Row Song at Chateaugay

Other Titles

Former Title: The Light of the Smudge and After Sunset Glow

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1874

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/311192

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on cardboard

Dimensions

19.1 x 33 cm (7 1/2 x 13 in.)
framed: 33 x 46.4 cm (13 x 18 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: verso: by Abbott H. Thayer Nov. 1874
• inscription: verso: Full title is written on back per conservation file.
• label: label is in Harvard Art Museum Archives: "...augay with the after-glow of Sunset--twilight--light of the Sm[udge]/...mirrors of the evening...and song---By Abbott H Tha[yer]/ Nov. 1874"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Dean Pierce; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Dean Pierce

Accession Year

1926

Object Number

1926.38

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 362, cat. 394, ill.

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