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Trees on a Rocky Hillside
About the Artwork
Durand was one of the first American artists to paint outdoors, rather than in the confines of a studio, which was the longstanding tradition. This outdoor oil sketch of a seemingly random corner of the woods offers an intimate view of a rock outcropping amid lush vegetation. Its small-scale, unusually cropped composition contrasts with the sweeping vistas in many other landscapes of the era.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: "ABD"
Provenance
1968-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH Until 1968: (Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) c. 1966-1968: [Private collection, Philadelphia, probably consigned to Kennedy Galleries?] 1966: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, Nov. 17, 1966, lot 48) -1966: Private collection
Exhibition history
Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). Durand. Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (organizer) (October 24-November 28, 1971). Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art. Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, DeKalb, IL (organizer) (October 27-November 22, 1974). Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Asher B. Durand (American, 1796–1886)
- Date
- c. 1849
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 64.8 x 83.2 x 7.9 cm (25 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 42.5 x 61.3 cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.); Former: 53.5 x 72 x 6.5 cm (21 1/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1968.21
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009273
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