Aurora Borealis

Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor Blodgett, 1911.4.1
Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865, oil on canvas, 5683 12 in. (142.3212.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor Blodgett, 1911.4.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Aurora Borealis
Date
1865
Dimensions
5683 12 in. (142.3212.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor Blodgett
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — phenomenon — aurora
  • Landscape — weather — snow
  • Waterscape — coast
  • Waterscape — sea
  • Waterscape — boat
Object Number
1911.4.1
Research Notes

Artwork Description

Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Works by this artist (10 items)

Carrie Mae Weems, Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me - A Story in 5 Parts, 2012, video installation and mixed media, color, sound; 18:29 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, 2023.9A-G, © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me — A Story in 5 Parts
Date2012
video installation and mixed media, color, sound; 18:29 minutes
Not on view
Carrie Mae Weems, Suspended Belief, from the series Constructing History, 2008, archival pigment print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2022.48.5, © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Suspended Belief, from the series Constructing History
Date2008
archival pigment print
Not on view
Carrie Mae Weems, A Woman Observes, from the series Constructing History, 2008, archival pigment print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2022.48.1, © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
A Woman Observes, from the series Constructing History
Date2008
archival pigment print
Not on view

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