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Gardiner's Bay, Long Island, seen from Fresh Pond

1881

Mary Nimmo Moran

(American, 1842–1899)
Culture
America
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Goddard 1919.998
Catalogue raisonné
Klackner 34
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With her husband, Thomas Moran (also in this gallery), Mary Nimmo Moran participated in the American revival of etching by creating fresh, lyrical landscapes such as this view near her home in East Hampton, Long Island. Moran traveled extensively in Europe and was particularly influenced by the Barbizon school (see Corot and Daubigny, elsewhere in the exhibition). Like these French landscape artists, she paid special attention to weather conditions and atmospheric effects, particularly evident inthis turbulent sky. Throughout her career, Moran etched out of doors directly from nature.
A horizontally oriented etching in brown ink with dense, intricate lines depicts a coastal scene. A sandy path leads toward a large dune topped with a thicket of gnarled, dark trees. In the foreground, a wooden structure sits over dark, reflective water on the right. A winding stream curves toward a distant bay with two small sailboats near the horizon. Swirling, layered clouds fill the sky. A signature marks the lower left corner.

Gardiner's Bay, Long Island, seen from Fresh Pond

1881

Mary Nimmo Moran

(American, 1842–1899)
America

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