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Rights: © The Easton Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
[Robert Miller Gallery New York New York] sold; to José Soriano 1986 gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2005
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of José M. Soriano in memory of Liliane Pingoud Soriano
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A Creek in the Woods
A Creek in the Woods
“Have just returned from a tour in search of the picturesque, ” wrote Thomas Cole in his diary on 8 July 1837, “[...] To Mr Durand the scenery was entirely new and I am happy in ha...
The Water Stream, La Brème
The Water Stream, La Brème
“I also hold that painting is a quite concrete art, and can consist of nothing but the representation of real, tangible things, ” wrote Gustave Courbet in an open letter to his stu...
Movement of Organic Form (recto) || Abstract composition (verso)
Movement of Organic Form (recto) || Abstract composition (verso)
The image of a new organism, which is the body of the Earth, is shown on the surface of the painting. Many curved and vibrating elements are glued together in an organic form of th...
Expulsion. Moon and Firelight
Expulsion. Moon and Firelight
“The whole landscape, which, seen by a favourable light, and in a genial temperature, had been found so lovely, appeared now like some pictured allegory of life, in which objects w...
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook with blue-and-white marbled cardboard covers. Black fabric tape at spine. Sewn page block; sheets perforated for removal. Pages of off-white wove paper, each 36.7 x 2...
D'Après Nature
D'Après Nature
Album with 40 lithographs; second state of two (Armelhault & Bocher) 4 volumes; wood engravings on cover pages of each volume, D'Après Nature...
D'Après Nature, volume 4
D'Après Nature, volume 4
Volume 4 of an album with 40 lithographs; second state of two (Armelhault & Bocher) 4 volumes; wood engravings on cover pages of each volume, D'Après Nature...
Pond with Water Lilies
Pond with Water Lilies
From his earliest years as a painter, Monet’s art was rooted in the direct and prolonged analysis of nature. Throughout his career, he grappled with the task of developing techniqu...