AUSTIN, TX
Details
- Dimensions
- 23.5ʺW × 2ʺD × 19.5ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1940s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Masonite
- Oil Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Vintage Condition Excellent Vintage Condition less
- Description
- A kaleidoscopic landscape with a panoramic view of the Catskill Mountains by DILLON HAMPDEN CARRINGTON (1916-1991), executed with a palette … more A kaleidoscopic landscape with a panoramic view of the Catskill Mountains by DILLON HAMPDEN CARRINGTON (1916-1991), executed with a palette knife in oil on Masonite. Cubist distortions transform the cloudy sky into a captivating expanse of Fata Morganas that pile on top of the actual peaks. The Catskills, a subrange of the Appalachians, bewitched the boyhood imagination of Washington Irving, the 19th-century American short-story writer, inspiring his famous gothic tales. Interestingly (and perhaps relatedly), Carrington was himself a noted bibliophile and specialized as a collector of supernatural lore. In a gilded, heavily-carved frame. less
AUSTIN, TX
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