The Voyage of the Icebergs: Frederic Church's Arctic Masterpiece

fig. 37 After a sketch by Dr. Isaac Hayes, Church’s Peak, 1867. Engraving from Hayes, The Open Polar Sea (New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1867). Photograph courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art.

fig. 36 Frederic Edwin Church, Oosisoak, ca. November 1861. Oil on canvas, 23 × 17 in. Private collection. Photograph by David C. Huntington. Photograph courtesy of Gerald L. Carr.

fig. 38 After a sketch by Dr. Isaac Hayes, The Schooner “United States,” 1867. Engraving from Hayes, The Open Polar Sea (New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1867). Photograph courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art.

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The Voyage of the Icebergs: Frederic Church's Arctic Masterpiece

Published on Dec 12, 2013

Dallas Museum of Art

This beautiful book tells the fascinating story of The Icebergs and provides a detailed look at the cycle of fame, neglect, and resuscitation of both this masterwork and Church’s career. In 1979, The Icebergs sold at auction for $2.5 million, at the time the highest amount ever paid for an American painting. The sale coincided with an upswing in the popularity and acclaim accorded to American landscape painting, catalyzing the market for American art and contributing to a revival in the prestige of Church and the Hudson River School. Drawing on extensive interviews with many of the people involved with the painting’s rediscovery, sale, and eventual donation to the Dallas Museum of Art, the author considers the way marketing has defined The Icebergs.

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