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Untitled

ca. 1825
Not on view
This painting has long been thought to depict a Southern plantation (it entered the collection titled The Plantation), but ongoing research suggests that the landscape and buildings may form a more generic, imagined scene. The composition is roughly symmetrical, vegetation functions as a decorative fringe, and considerations of line and pattern overrule the description of reality. As the artist’s technique seems to simulate the stitches of embroidery, he or she may have based the painting on a needlework design.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Untitled
  • Date: ca. 1825
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 19 1/8 x 29 1/2 in. (48.6 x 74.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.201.3
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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