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The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light

2000
Not on view
Hannock's mural-size painting is a contemporary interpretation of the Connecticut River scene made famous by Thomas Cole's View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow (1836; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 08.228). Hannock emphasizes the vista's grandeur while at the same time personalizing it with an overlay of script referring to people, places, and events from his life. In addition to Cole, the painting's title pays homage to the nineteenth-century artist Frederick Church and to two of Hannock's early mentors, Elizabeth and Agnes Mongan, who were connected to the museums at Harvard and Smith College.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light
  • Artist: Stephen Hannock (American, born Albany, New York, 1951)
  • Date: 2000
  • Medium: Acrylic, alkyd and oil glazes with collage elements on canvas
  • Dimensions: 96 in. × 12 ft. (243.8 × 365.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Moore Capital Management Inc. Gift, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.153
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Stephen Hannock
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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Final Composition for The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light, Stephen Hannock American, Pen and blue ink and white colored pencil on tracing paper
Final Composition for The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light
Stephen Hannock
1993
Preliminary composition for The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light, Stephen Hannock American, Pen and blue ink, colored pencil, and graphite on tracing paper
Preliminary composition for The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light
Stephen Hannock
1993
Prelimiary Composition for The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light
Stephen Hannock
1993
Final Composition for The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light
Stephen Hannock
1993
Kaaterskill Falls for Frank Moore and Dan Hodermarsky (Mass MoCA #11), Stephen Hannock American, Acrylic, alkyd and oil glazes with collage elements on canvas
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