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Moonrise at Sunset, Harney Desert, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Hassam, Childe 1859-1935  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 633 West 155th Street New York New York 10032
Date:
1908
Notes:
Bullock, Margaret E., "Childe Hassam: Impressionist in the West," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2004, no. 18.
Summary:
View looking across the arid Harney Desert toward a snow-covered ridge in the far distance, and a faint trace of the moon glowing just above a pale pink horizon.
Topic:
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Landscape--Oregon  Search this
Landscape--Desert  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Moon  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A760007
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_400669