On the Viga, Outskirts of the City of Mexico

Samuel Colman

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Samuel Colman discovered the scenic beauty of the Mexican landscape for the first time in 1892—a moment when it was becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination for North Americans. This view depicts the canal and "Paseo [avenue] de la Viga" just outside of Mexico City, a site that suited Colman's particular interest in painting architectural forms set within sun-bleached equatorial settings. Writers of his own time often described these tonal works (using a limited range of color) as vague, dreamy, and poetic.

Caption

Samuel Colman American, 1832–1920. On the Viga, Outskirts of the City of Mexico, 1892. Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 18 in. (24.2 x 45.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.797. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.797_SL1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

On the Viga, Outskirts of the City of Mexico

Date

1892

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

9 1/2 x 18 in. (24.2 x 45.7 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Saml Colman."

Inscriptions

Inscribed on label on frame verso top center: "NY On the Vega [sic] / Outskirts of the City of Mexico - / Saml Colman, / Pinx"

Credit Line

Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam

Accession Number

32.797

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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