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Home>Exhibitions>Past>2015>American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940

# American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940

February 6 – May 3, 2015West Building, Main Floor, Northeast Galleries

Niagara

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Frederic Remington, *Off the Range (Coming Through the Rye)*, model 1902, cast 1903, bronze with green patina, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase), 2014.79.38

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
John Singer Sargent, *Simplon Pass*, 1911, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee), 2014.79.31

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
John Singer Sargent, *En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)*, 1878, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund; Frame: Gift of the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2014.79.32

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Frederic Edwin Church, *Tamaca Palms*, 1854, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran), 2014.79.11

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Frederic Edwin Church, *Niagara*, 1857, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.10

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Sanford Robinson Gifford, *Ruins of the Parthenon*, 1880, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase Gallery Fund; Frame restoration generously funded by the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2009), 2014.79.20

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Albert Bierstadt, *Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm*, 1869, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, through the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell K. Christie; Frame: Museum purchase through the gifts of William Wilson Corcoran), 2014.79.3

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Albert Bierstadt, *The Last of the Buffalo*, 1888, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mary Stewart Bierstadt [Mrs. Albert Bierstadt]), 2014.79.5

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Albert Bierstadt, *Mount Corcoran*, c. 1876-1877, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.4

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Marsden Hartley, *Berlin Abstraction*, 1914/1915, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.21

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Hiram Powers, *The Greek Slave*, model 1841-1843, carved 1846, Serravezza marble, Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran), 2014.79.37

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Thomas Eakins, *Singing a Pathetic Song*, 1881, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.19

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
George Bellows, *Forty-two Kids*, 1907, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.79.2

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Charles Bird King, *Poor Artist's Cupboard*, c. 1815, oil on wood,Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund and exchange), 2014.79.24

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Theodore Robinson, *The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny*, 1892, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.30

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
John La Farge, *Flowers on a Window Ledge*, c. 1861, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Anna E. Clark Fund), 2014.79.25

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Alfred Jacob Miller, *Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County*, c. 1860, oil on academy board, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell K. Christie), 2014.79.26

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
George Peter Alexander Healy, *Abraham Lincoln*, 1860, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.22

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Edward Hopper, *Ground Swell*, 1939, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.79.23

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Cecilia Beaux, *Sita and Sarita*, c. 1921, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.79.1

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Abbott Handerson Thayer, *Mount Monadnock*, probably 1911/1914, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Anna E. Clark Fund), 2014.79.34

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Richard Caton Woodville, *Waiting for the Stage*, 1851, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund, William A. Clark Fund, and through the gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell K. Christie and Orme Wilson; Frame: Museum purchase through the gifts of William Wilson Corcoran), 2014.79.36

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Thomas Cole, *The Departure*, 1837, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran), 2014.79.13

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
William Sidney Mount, *The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern*, 1837, oil on wood, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.28

American Masterworks from the Corcoran, 1815-1940 
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, *The House of Representatives*, 1822, probably reworked 1823 oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.27

**This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.**

**Overview**:  In 2014 the National Gallery of Art assumed stewardship of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s renowned collection of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings, and photographs. Two installations featuring highlights from the Corcoran collection are on view in the West Building through May 3, 2015. On the main floor, 29 American paintings and two sculptures have been installed in two galleries prior to the integration of works from the Corcoran into the permanent collection. A number of celebrated paintings are included: Frederic Edwin Church’s *Niagara*, Albert Bierstadt’s *The Last of the Buffalo*, Sanford Robinson Gifford’s *Ruins of the Parthenon*, Samuel F. B. Morse’s *The House of Representatives*, Edward Hopper’s *Ground Swell*, and Aaron Douglas’s *Into Bondage*. One of the most famous sculptures of the 19th century, Hiram Powers’s *The Greek Slave*,**is on view in the first room of the installation. Frederic Remington’s bronze sculpture, *Off the Range (Coming Through the Rye)*, a lively depiction of cowboy revelry, anchors the second room in which Bierstadt’s *Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm* and*Mount Corcoran* are also on view.

**Attendance:**  106,283

Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper, 1860–1990

                    - Samuel F. B. Morse
                    - The House of Representatives
                    - 1822, probably reworked 1823
                    - William Sidney Mount
                    - The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern
                    - 1837
                    - Thomas Cole
                    - The Departure
                    - 1837
                    - Richard Caton Woodville
                    - Waiting for the Stage
                    - 1851
                    - Abbott Handerson Thayer
                    - Mount Monadnock
                    - probably 1911/1914
                    - Cecilia Beaux
                    - Sita and Sarita
                    - c. 1921
                    - Aaron Douglas
                    - Into Bondage
                    - 1936
                    - Edward Hopper
                    - Ground Swell
                    - 1939
                    - George Peter Alexander Healy
                    - Abraham Lincoln
                    - 1860
                    - Alfred Jacob Miller
                    - Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County
                    - c. 1860
                    - John La Farge
                    - Flowers on a Window Ledge
                    - c. 1861
                    - Theodore Robinson
                    - The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny
                    - 1892
                    - Charles Bird King
                    - Poor Artist's Cupboard
                    - c. 1815
                    - George Bellows
                    - Forty-two Kids
                    - 1907
                    - Thomas Eakins
                    - Singing a Pathetic Song
                    - 1881
                    - Hiram Powers
                    - The Greek Slave
                    - model 1841-1843, carved 1846
                    - Marsden Hartley
                    - Berlin Abstraction
                    - 1914/1915
                    - Albert Bierstadt
                    - Mount Corcoran
                    - c. 1876-1877
                    - Albert Bierstadt
                    - The Last of the Buffalo
                    - 1888-1889
                    - Albert Bierstadt
                    - Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm
                    - 1869
                    - Sanford Robinson Gifford
                    - Ruins of the Parthenon
                    - 1880
                    - Frederic Edwin Church
                    - Niagara
                    - 1857
                    - Frederic Edwin Church
                    - Tamaca Palms
                    - 1854
                    - John Singer Sargent
                    - En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)
                    - 1878
                    - John Singer Sargent
                    - Simplon Pass
                    - 1911
                    - Frederic Remington
                    - Off the Range (Coming Through the Rye)
                    - model 1902, cast 1903

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