Museum Collections
Paintings
Asher B. Durand (1796-1886)
Title
Asher B. Durand (1796-1886)
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall (canvas): 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
Frame: 39 x 33 x 3 3/4 in. (39 x 33 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lucy M. Durand Woodman
Object Number
1907.2
Gallery Label
This portrait was a gift to the Society from the artist's daughter.
Bibliography
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: Printed for the Society, 1915, pp. 42.
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, Early American Portraiture, New York: Privately Printed, 1930, pp. 38-41.
Lawall, David B., Asher Brown Durand: His Art and Art Theory in Relation to his Times, Submitted to Princeton University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, March 1966, p. 87.
Dunlap, William, History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1969 (an unabridged republication of the first (1934) edition), pp. 285-6
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, p. 234.
Smith, Alvy Ray, compiled by, Dr. John Durand (1664-1727) of Derby Connecticut: His Family Through Four Generations Featuring the Branch of His Youngest Son Ebenezer Durand Through Ten Generations to 2003, Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2003, p. 217, xix.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





