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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.38
People
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American (Boston, MA 1849 - 1921 Monadnock, NY)
Title
The Light of the "Smudge" and After Sunset Glow: Row Song at Chateaugay
Other Titles
Former Title: The Light of the Smudge and After Sunset Glow
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1874
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311192

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
19.1 x 33 cm (7 1/2 x 13 in.)
framed: 33 x 46.4 cm (13 x 18 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso: by Abbott H. Thayer Nov. 1874
  • inscription: verso: Full title is written on back per conservation file.
  • label: label is in Harvard Art Museum Archives: "...augay with the after-glow of Sunset--twilight--light of the Sm[udge]/...mirrors of the evening...and song---By Abbott H Tha[yer]/ Nov. 1874"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Dean Pierce; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Dean Pierce
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.38
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 362, cat. 394, ill.

Verification Level

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