A Morning Snow--Hudson River
George Wesley Bellows
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
Assured, slashing strokes of a heavily loaded brush capture the effects of morning light reflected from freshly fallen snow. This view shows the Hudson River and New Jersey from Manhattan’s Upper West Side. George Wesley Bellows conveyed the sense of the city awakening through his depiction of the man shoveling snow, people going to work, boats plying the river, and smoke and steam interrupting the still, crisp atmosphere.
Elements of this composition move toward abstraction. The elevated vantage point reduces the illusion of depth, while horizontal and vertical components, seen particularly in the fence and tall trees, provide a subtle gridlike structure.
Elements of this composition move toward abstraction. The elevated vantage point reduces the illusion of depth, while horizontal and vertical components, seen particularly in the fence and tall trees, provide a subtle gridlike structure.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1910
DIMENSIONS
45 1/16 x 63 3/16 in. (114.5 x 160.5 cm)
frame: 49 1/4 x 67 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (125.1 x 170.8 x 8.9 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower left: "Geo Bellows."
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
51.96
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Daniel Catlin
PROVENANCE
1910, purchased from the artist by Hugo Reisinger of New York, NY; January 18, 1916, purchased at American Art Association, New York, "Valuable Pictures by Foreign and American Masters Collected by the Late Hugo Reisinger", lot 39, by D. Charles; between 1916 and 1942, provenance not yet documented; by 1942, acquired by Horace Havemeyer and Doris Anna Dick Havemeyer (Mrs. Horace Havemeyer) of New York; by 1951, acquired from Horace and Doris Havemeyer by Doris Havemeyer Catlin (Mrs. Daniel Catlin) of New York; 1951, gift of Doris Havemeyer Catlin to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
CAPTION
George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882–1925). A Morning Snow--Hudson River, 1910. Oil on canvas, 45 1/16 x 63 3/16 in. (114.5 x 160.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Daniel Catlin, 51.96 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 51.96_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 51.96_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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