Harvest

Object Details

Artist

Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917

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Albert Pinkham Ryder never relied on sketches before he started work on a painting and instead applied large areas of color with quick, expressive strokes of the palette knife. In this unfinished painting, we can see where he changed the composition simply by painting his latest idea over previous attempts. He altered the direction of the hay cart and decided it should be pulled by oxen instead of horses. We can still see the faint outline of a horse behind the wheels, while the oxen are just blocked in with a reddish-brown wash. This painting is a rare glimpse of the early stages of Ryder's work, before he began the painstaking process of adding layer upon layer of translucent glaze. (Broun, Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1989)

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly

n.d.

Object number

1929.6.96

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

26 x 35 3/4 in. (66.0 x 90.8 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Occupation\farm\harvesting

Landscape\farm

Figure male\full length

Animal\cattle

Architecture\vehicle\wagon

Record ID

saam_1929.6.96

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk758caada7-ef68-4d54-b8a9-fc90f0e0698c