The Cleveland Museum of Art
A Home in the Wilderness
Description
Gifford’s view of Mount Hayes in New Hampshire records human intrusion into a remote landscape. On the left riverbank a log cabin stands amid a recently cleared patch of land with several tree stumps, while figures in its doorway greet a man who has arrived with a canoe of supplies.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; (Sloan & Roman, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art); (The Terry DeLapp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, sold to Sloan & Roman)1; (T. Gilbert Brouillette [1906-1970], Staten Island, NY, sold to the Terry DeLapp Gallery) 1; James M. Hartshorne [d. 1887?], New York, NY?; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY) 1
Dimensions
76.8 × 135.7 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1970.162
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
American Painting and Sculpture • America • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery