The Grand Canyon

Artist Elliott Daingerfield American, 1859–1932

Datecirca 1912

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in. (92.1 x 122.6 cm)
Frame: 47 5/8 x 59 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (121 x 151.8 x 5.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.202

On View

Not on view

Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1912; collection of the artist; sold to Burton Mansfield, New Haven, CT, 1912; Mansfield Estate, 1932; [estate sale, Anderson Art Galleries, New York April 7, 1933, no. 63]; Jack Forker, Chrysler, New York; [French & Co., New York, ca. 1952][1]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] French & Co. inventory no. 50065.
Published References“Exhibitions Now On: Daingerfield at Reinhardt’s” (exhibition review), American Art News 15, no. 26 (April 7, 1917), briefly discussed 2.

American Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 15, illus. (b-w).

Charles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967) no. 35, illus. (color).

Helen Tucker, "North Carolina Museum of Art Monthly Tour," We the People of North Carolina (February 1968), 32, illus. (b-w).

Nina Kasanof, "American Landscapes of the 19th Century in the North Carolina Museum of Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 8, no. 4 (June 1969), 2–15, discussed 11, illus. (color) cover.

Robert Hobbs, "Elliott Daingerfield," in Elliott Daingerfield Retrospective Exhibition (catalogue) (Charlotte, NC: Mint Museum of Art, 1971), discussed 46, 48, cat. no. 169, illus. (color) cover.

American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed (with artist's bio.) 8, illus. (b-w) 8.

William A. Cheek, "The Cover," JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 244 (Aug. 15, 1980), 662, illus. (color) cover.

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: Published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 287.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 248.

Melissa Clement, "Nature and her many faces on display in landscape show," (exhibition review), Fayetteville, NC: Fayetteville Observer-Times (December 4, 1998), mentioned 19.

“Painter Elliott Daingerfield of Fayetteville, Blowing Rock, and NYC,” posted on October 22, 2013 at: http://nchistorytoday.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/painter-elliott-daingerfield-of-fayetteville-blowing-rock-and-nyc/

Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Lotos Club, 1912.

Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, "Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Burton Mansfield, Esq.," April 14-May 12, 1912.

Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1912.

Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Institute, 1913.

New York, NY, Reinhardt Galleries, "Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Elliott Daingerfield," March 28-April 11, 1917, no. 16 (as Sunset, Grand Canyon).

Hartford, CT, Morgan Memorial, "Exhibition of Paintings, Pottery and Glass Loaned by Hon. Burton Mansfield of New Haven," April 13-1920, no. 3 (as The Grand Canyon, Arizona).

New York, NY, Grand Central Art Galleries, "Daingerfield Memorial Exhibition," April 3-21, 1934, no. 52 (lent anonymously; also noted as for sale).

Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Art Museum, "The American Scene, 1820-1900," January 18-February 28, 1970, no. 64, illus. (b-w).

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "Elliott Daingerfield Retrospective Exhibition," April 14-May 16, 1971; Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, May 23-June 20, 1971, no. 169, illus. (color) cover.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The North Carolina Gallery: An Introductory Exhibition," October 5-November 26, 1972.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16-June 27, 1976, listed (with artist's bio.) 8, illus. (b-w) 8.

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 1-30, 1978.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "The Light Aesthetic," September 1984–July 1985.

Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Inventing the American Landscape: A Dialogue with the Visual World," April 25-June 28, 1998; Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, September 12-November 8, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, November 22, 1998-January 17, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, March 10-April 30, 1999, brochure, illus. (detail) (Outreach exhibition).

Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, to be displayed with the permanent collection as part of the inaugural exhibition, April 21, 2002 - March 30, 2003

Chapel Hill, NC, Ackland Art Museum, "At Work in the Wilderness," January 14-March 20, 2011.

Hickory, NC, Hickory Museum of Art, “A Grand Vision: Elliott Daingerfield Paints Grandfather Mountain and the Grand Canyon,” December 8, 2018-April 20, 2019.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Reflections on Light: Works from the NCMA Collection,” September 9, 2020–August 15, 2021.

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