Lake Marian, Humboldt Range, Nevada

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GILBERT MUNGER (1837-1903)
Lake Marian, Humboldt Range, Nevada
signed and dated 'Gilbert Munger 1871.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
26 x 44 in. (66 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted in 1871.

Provenance

The artist.
(Possibly) Clarence King, acquired from the above, 1871.
North Point Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2000.

Exhibited

(Possibly) New York, National Academy of Design, 1871.
(Possibly) New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University, Annual Exhibition of the Yale School of the Fine Arts, 1871.
Duluth, Minnesota, Tweed Museum of Art; San Francisco, California, The North Point Gallery; New London, Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Art Museum; Gilbert Munger: Quest for Distinction, July 26, 2003-December 5, 2004, pp. 46-47, pl. 13, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

In 1868, American geologist Clarence King discovered Lake Marian in northeastern Nevada, commissioning Gilbert Munger to record the locale in oil with topographical accuracy. Now known as Overland Lake, Munger painted at least four versions of the present scene. According to Michael D. Schroeder and J. Gray Sweeney, the present painting is the largest of these works and one of his most compelling in its poetic use of light (Gilbert Munger: Quest for Distinction, Afton, Minnesota, 2003, p. 47).

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