Painting

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1999.014

Creator:

Key, John Ross (1837-1920)Artist

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

1884

Description:

Landscape painting, untitled, by John Ross Key (1837-1920), c. 1884. Oil on canvas. Mount Prospect from Jefferson Highlands. Foreground dominated by two large elm trees in field at right, and several people (at least five) haying into hay cart with team of oxen. Mountains in background with dark foreground and blue sky with white clouds. Two-thirds of the canvas is covered with sky and a few clouds. Signed lower right, "John R Key _4". Labels on backing include a brief artist's biography and an exhibition sticker label adhered to back of frame: "LOUVRE/645 CHESTNUT SAN FRANCISCO 474-6648". Carved and gilded wood frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-16 W-32 inches

Provenance:

Donors acquired the painting from the gallery of W. Graham Arader, c. 1985; the painting had previously been in the personal collection of Alfred C. Harrison, Jr., noted San Francisco author and art dealer.

Credit Line:

Gift of Joan and Robert M. Desky, in honor of Drew Desky

People:

Key, John Ross (1837-1920), Desky, Robert, Desky, Joan, Arader, W. Graham, Harrison, Alfred C., Jr.

Subjects:

Buildings, Hay Cart, Haying, Oxen, Trees, White Mountains, Landscape paintings