Study for "The Landing of Columbus"

c. 1842

John Vanderlyn

Artist, American, 1775 - 1852

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Catherine Vanderlyn (niece of the artist), Kingston, New York; Judge A. Schoonmaker, Kingston, New York; Mrs. William Laughton, Kingston, New York; Fred Johnston, Kingston, New York; private collection, 1963; (Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Exhibition History

1978

  • A Selection of Important Works on Paper by American Artists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, DC, 1978

1981

  • Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 18-20, no. 7, repro

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 3, no. 16.

Wikidata ID

Q64584404

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