| Date: | said to be 1890 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | said to be signed and dated '90 (not visible in photograph) |
| Provenance: | With Christie's, London, 16 November 1989. |
| Reproductions: | 16 November 1989 sale catalog TOP3660, lot 41 |
| Description: | To the left, a large brown bear stands in a clearing in front of a cave formed by flat rocks fallen onto another boulder. Behind the cave rises a dark conifer forest. At the left edge stand two dead trees; a fallen tree across the foreground stands as a barrier between the bear and the viewer. To the right the picture changes from green to a bluish grey palette, where a rocky slope climbs above a small lkae. Beyond the lake a series of rocky ridges and higher mountains form an apron for snow-covered Mount Hood, which dramatically fills the center against a light blue sky with white clouds gathering from the left. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| Note: | The painting is almost identical to [View of Mount Hood, Oregon 2]; in this painting the crags at the left and right are slightly higher; on the left they extend above the trees. |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title. A second, unillustrated painting with the same alternate title and size appeared in the same 1989 sale; it is listed in the unidentified section. |
| Other title(s): | In the Rockies (1989 sale catalog) |
| In index(es): | Title list, Mount Hood, dated paintings |
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