Clearing Off
ca. 1865
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65.1 × 89.9 × 8.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-140191
A storm blows through this Civil War--era coastal landscape, turning the water a dark steely gray. John Frederick Kensett's dramatic vantage point places the viewer low in the scrub amid the boulders. A striking drift of red wildflowers in the front center catches the light and glistens like fresh blood, a subtle reference to the ongoing political conflict.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert and Margaret Hazen
Registry history
- ca. 1865 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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