Moonlight

NBI ID: 21.I
Title: Moonlight
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27 1/8 x 37 1/8
Signature: unsigned
Current Owner: Corcoran Gallery of Art
URL of Owner: http://www.corcoran.org/index.asp
CityState: Washington, DC
Date: c. 1890
Provenance: Artist; Harry W. Watrous; Williams T. Evans, 1913; William A. Clark, New York; bequeathed to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1926
Published: 
Exhibited: Pan-American Exposition, 1901; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1907; Konigliche Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, 1910; Reinhardt, 1916; Whitney, 1947.
Subject Description: Moonlit landscape, foreground and middle distance occupy bottom quarter of canvas, large lake center of middle distance, three slender trees at left, full moon just right and a little above center.
Condition: Support relined and primed (with glue); linen canvas; no distinguishing marks; pronounced sub texture and paint impasto, both of which are related to the design; crackle normal; stains and toning appear to be original.
Infra-red: Clarifies tonal character of foreground.
UltraViolet: Overall evenly applied varnish coat.
Color: 
X-ray: (Area around moon) Shows only a moderate use of sub-texture with no discernible pattern of application.
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