Landscape with Indian

Artist Thomas Cole (1801 - 1848)

Dateca. 1826

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Framed: 24 3/4 × 21 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.53

Accession number 2006.53

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Art on Loan

Provenance(M. Knoedler and Co., New York, NY), 1975; purchased by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. [1909-1988], VA and NY; (Alexander Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
Label TextThomas Cole believed that America’s wilderness was its most distinct feature. Cole’s inclusion of the solitary Native American in the center of the composition emphasizes the unspoiled qualities of the landscape, and mark the painting as distinctly American.
Markingsl.l., verso, on frame: [Lance Mayer & Gay Myers Conservation label] Treated in 2010: Applied inpainting over existing varnish, using Gamblin Conservation Colors (pigments ground in aldehyde resin); spray-coated with MS2A resin (with 2% Tinuvin 292). / For complete records, see file for lab no. 10.15.
l.c., verso, on frame: [Gill & Lagodich framing label]