Moonlight, c. 1905

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

framed: 81.6 x 71.8 x 7.3 cm (32 1/8 x 28 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1954.4.1

Artists / Makers

Julian Alden Weir (artist) American, 1852 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: J. Alden Weir

Provenance

Probably purchased from the artist by (Newman Emerson Montross, New York); sold 1908 to Hugo Reisinger [1856-1914], New York; his estate; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 18 January 1916, no. 8); A[aron] Augustus Healy [1850-1921], Brooklyn; by inheritance to his wife, Theodosia [Mrs. A. Augustus] Healy, Cold Spring-on-Hudson, New York; (her sale, American Art Association, New York, 23 March 1939, no. 72); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1954 to NGA.

Associated Names

American Art Association
American Art Association
Dale, Chester
Healy, A. Augustus
Healy, Theodosia
Montross Gallery
Reisinger, Hugo

Exhibition History

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1965: Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 46, repro.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 118, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 254, repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 193, repro. 194.

1983: Burke, Doreen Bolger. J. Alden Weir: An American Impressionist. Newark, Delaware, 1983: 232, illus. 6.15.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 376, repro.

1998: Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 230-232, color repro.

2003: Merrill, Linda, et al. After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting. Exh. cat. High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Detroit Institute of Arts. Atlanta, 2003: