Untitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse)
1883
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 25.4 × 38.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138014
Edward Bannister's intimate views of the American landscape contrasted with the large vistas of mountains and canyons painted by many of his contemporaries. In this study of a sunset, the glowing tones of orange and yellow immediately draw us into the center of the image, as if we are standing among the dark, skeletal trees. The warm light softly highlights a pathway through the trees, and to the…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank
Registry history
- 1883 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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