TitleWhiteface Mountain, Lake Placid
Artist
William Trost Richards
(American, 1833 - 1905)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on board
DimensionsUnframed: 9 3/4 × 15 3/8 in.
Framed: 13 1/4 × 19 × 1 1/2 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Bequest of Mrs. William T. Brewster, daughter of the artist, 1952
Object number1532.10-P
Label TextThis small oil study of 1904 pictures Whiteface Mountain reflected in the mirror-like waters of Lake Placid. Working at water’s edge, Richards instills the scene with a sense of monumentality, and conveys his ever present sense of awe before nature’s beauty and magnificence. His style is simple, direct and strikingly modern.
