A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

Sanford Robinson Gifford

1862 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880)
Year: 1862
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 121.9 × 101.3 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Hudson River School

Kaaterskill Clove in the eastern Catskills, spelled Kauterskill in Gifford's day, seen from a height in a wash of hazy golden sunlight that fills the gorge and softens every edge; the double cascade of Kaaterskill Falls shows in the distance, and a hunter and his dog, almost camouflaged against the russet cliffside at lower left, climb towards the precipice. Gifford painted it in 1862, in the middle of the Civil War. Where Thomas Cole and others had made the glacier-carved ravine a scene of fearsome grandeur, Gifford turned it into an atmosphere, the air itself the subject, and he left out all trace of the hotels and tourists that crowded the clove by then. The painting is a landmark of what later came to be called luminism. It came to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1914 with the Jesup bequest.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A gorge filled with hazy golden sunlight that softens every edge, the air itself the subject, a tall picture for a hallway end, stairwell or bedroom at 16×24 in black or natural oak. A cream, ochre or sage wall; it warms a north-facing room.

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1862)
Orientation: Portrait
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; oak lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; 12×18 and 16×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) in the public domain?

Yes. Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) painted, and in what medium?

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) dates from 1862 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 121.9 × 101.3 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) (Sanford Robinson Gifford) — A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) · Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1862. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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