David Johnson, Study, North Conway, New Hampshire
Marlatt Fund, 1967.125 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
David Johnson

Study, North Conway, New Hampshire

1851

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.2 × 53.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109290

Johnson’s devotion to carefully observing nature is evident in his detailed rendering of a riverbed. Located in a village that provided a popular jumping-off point for tourists visiting the White Mountains, this untamed site features a haphazard arrangement of angled boulders, slippery moss, splintered tree branches, and dense undergrowth. Contemporary travel guidebooks often cautioned against the physical challenges—and the potential for injury—encountered by venturing into such inner recesses of the woods; one warned that “wild forest-clambering” could be akin to “fighting a phalanx of porc…

Provenance

Marlatt Fund, 1967.125

Registry history

  • 1851 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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