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Autumn, a Wood Path
About the Artwork
Gifford created several paintings depicting forest interiors, including this intimately scaled canvas set amid full autumnal blaze. The dense network of overarching trees casts shadows on the rugged ground below, restricting sunlight to haphazard patches. A solitary hiker is visible in the distance.
Inscriptions
signed lower right: S R Gifford / 1876
Provenance
(George E. Gage Galleries, 1922)
Exhibition history
Sanford R. Gifford. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (organizer) (October 25-December 15, 1970); Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY (January 1-February 1, 1971). American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
- Date
- 1876
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 38 x 31.8 cm (14 15/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Accession no.
- 1922.220
More by Sanford Robinson Gifford in museum collections
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-00009549
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