Autumn, a Wood Path

Cleveland Museum of Art

Autumn, a Wood Path

Sanford Robinson GiffordLinkedCulture matchlcp-8a4d8b18e0f8

Date
1876
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
America
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
172806

Gifford created several paintings depicting forest interiors, including this intimately scaled canvas set amid full autumnal blaze. The dense network of overarching trees casts shadows on the rugged ground below, restricting sunlight to haphazard patches. A solitary hiker is visible in the distance. The artist's namesake, Gifford Pinchot, was the first chief of the United States Forest Service.

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Credit line
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Provenance
(George E. Gage Galleries, 1922)

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