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lower left: W. Whittredge

Provenance

Purchased 1875 from the artist by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1875
Fiftieth Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 1875, no. 354.
1966
Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, unpublished checklist.
1969
Worthington Whittredge (1820-1910): A Retrospective Exhibition of an American Artist, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica; Brooklyn Museum; Cincinnati Art Museum, 1969-1970, no. 18.
1971
The Beckoning Land, Nature and the American Artist: A Selection of Nineteenth Century Paintings, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1971, no. 34.
1976
Corcoran [The American Genius], Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976, unnumbered catalogue.
1980
La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington [Painting in the United States from Public Collections in Washington], Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980-1981, no. 16.
1982
Worthington Whittredge: Artist of the Hudson River School, Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Morristown, 1982, no. 24.
1984
The Waters of America: Nineteenth Century American Paintings of Rivers, Streams, Lakes, and Waterfalls, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1984, unnumbered catalogue.
1988
After Eden: American Landscape 1875-1925, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1988, unnumbered catalogue.
1989
Worthington Whittredge: Hudson River Artist, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1989-1990, brochure.
2005
Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 40.
2008
Nature as Nation: 19th-Century American Landscapes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 30 August 2008-18 October 2009, unpublished checklist.
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, unpublished checklist.
2013
American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1882
Macleod, William. Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes, &c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1882: 55, no. 77.
1887
Macleod, William. Catalogue of the Paintings, Statuary, Casts, Bronzes, &c. of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1887: 57, no. 77.
1947
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Handbook of the American Paintings in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1947: 38.
2011
Raab, Jennifer. "Worthington Whittredge, Trout Brook in the Catskills." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 30, 138-139, 267, repro.

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