Painter:

Vedder, Elihu 1836-1923  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 1976.106.1

Date:

1899

Notes:

Soria, Regina, "Elihu Vedder, American visionary artist in Rome (1836-1923)," Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1970.

Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 513.

"Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press (National Collection of Fine Arts), 1978, no. 34.

Summary:

A tranquil beach with a long snake-like sea serpent slithering over the sand dunes, its head visible amid the sea grass.

Topic:

Landscape--Beach  Search this

Animal--Reptile--Snake  Search this

Fantasy  Search this

Control number:

IAP 80890424

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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