Art Image Details
Sailing off the Coast
| Title: | Sailing off the Coast |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Heade, Martin Johnson |
| Date of Work: | 1869 |
| Medium/Support: | oil on canvas |
| Measurements: | 15 1/8 x 29 1/8 in (38.4 x 74 cm) |
| Inscribed: | Yes |
| Inscription Type: | signed and dated |
| Inscription Location: | lower left |
| Inscription Text: | HEADE / 1869 |
| Acquisition Information: | Gift of the White House Historical Association |
| Acquisition Number: | 980.1426.1 |
| Credit Line: | The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) |
| Scholar's Notes: |
" . . . [A] disconsolate sense of time passing irrevocably . . . is established by the measured recession of the silent sails toward the sunset horizon, by the numberless pink and blue-gray bands of light and shadow that form the surface of the ocean, and by the pale pink-bellied clouds that hover almost regretfully above the horizon . . . . "Beyond viewing Sailing off the Coast as a record of an unidentified shoreline (perhaps Newport), one should recognize that the mood of the painting is allied to the mood of the country after the Civil War." |
| Source of Scholar's Notes: | Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008. |
| Page Number(s) in Source: | 175 |
| Categories: | White House Art Collection |
| Type: | seascapes |
