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These sketches could later be combined into more ambitious compositions celebrating the grandeur of American scenery. Here Durand focused on an unassuming swath of rocks and woodland, rendered with exacting attention to highly detailed forms, whose textured surfaces suggest the passage of time and infuse the landscape with a sense of its own history.</p></span><p></p>","remarks":"MEB Rotation September 2018, (see K4-6 Rotation March 2014 label for similar text)"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"[Robert C. Vose, Boston (MA), by September 7, 1946 [1]]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, October 31, 1946.\n\n[1] Letter from Donald D. Egbert to Robert C. Vose, September 7, 1946.","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1850,"sortnumber":"1946  104y","published_date":"2026-02-11 09:49:27.838495","objectid":22781,"dimensions":"54 × 44 cm (21 1/4 × 17 5/16 in.)\r\nframe: 77.2 × 67.3 × 8.6 cm (30 3/8 × 26 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)","on_view":true}