Ferns along Water's Edge

Artist Julie Hart Beers American, 1835–1913

Date1869

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 12 1/8 × 20 × 7/8 in. (30.8 × 50.8 × 2.2 cm)
height, width, and depth (framed): 22 3/8 × 30 1/2 × 4 in. (56.8 × 77.5 × 10.2 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object number2025.15.1

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ProvenanceEstate of the artist; By descent to her daughter, Marion Robertson Beers Brush (1853–1945) and her husband Edward Fletcher Brush (1847–1927), Mt. Vernon, NY; By descent to William Carleton Brush (1900–1983) and his wife Edith Elizabeth Wendel Burn Brush, Mount Vernon, NY; By descent to Walton “Tony” Brush (1930–2011) and wife Marianne Clare McCanna Brush; New York, NY; East Orange, Fort Lee and Ridgewood, NJ and Valhalla, NY; By descent to Clare Brush Kostow (b. 1956), Walton Brush, Jr. (b. 1957) and Julie Hart Brush (b. 1961); [Hawthorne Fine Art, New York] purchased by NCMA, 2025.
Published ReferencesJennifer C. Krieger, Nature Revered: The Estate of Julie Hart Beers (1835–1913) and Marion Robertson Beers Brush (1853–1945) Mother and Daughter (New York: Hawthorne Fine Art), illus (color) 13. Object Rights Statement

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