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John Henry Twachtman American, 1853-1902 Waterfall, Yellowstone, circa 1895 Signed J. H. Twachtman (lr) Oil on canvas 30 1/4 x 25 inches Provenance: Samuel T. Shaw, New York Sale: American Art Association, New York, Sale of the Collection of Samuel T. Shaw, Jan. 22, 1926, lot 177 Frank K. M. Rehn, New York Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York Arthur G. Altschul, New York, 1953 Chapellier Gallery, New York, 1959 Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1959 Gift to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1966 Exhibited: Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Inaugural Exhibition, Oct. 1974-Sept. 1975 Washington, D.C., The White House, Jun. 1975-Apr. 1978 (on loan) Evanston, IL, Terra Museum of American Art, Treasures from the Hirshhorn, Jul. 29-Sept. 30, 1980, no. 6 (as Hemlock Pool: A Waterfall) Washington D.C., The White House, Apr. 1981-Apr. 1988 (on loan). Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jun. 1997-Jan. 2001 (on loan) New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter," May 4-Jun. 24, 2006, no. 52; traveled to Greenwich, CT, The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Jul. 13-Oct. 29, 2006 (pp. 182-83 color illus.) Literature: "New York Auctions: Samuel T. Shaw Paintings." Art News (Jan. 30, 1926), p. 12. "Paintings Sold at Auction." American Art Journal 23 (1927), p. 364 John Douglas Hale, The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1957, pp. 254, 476, 581, 52 illus. (no. 778) Abram Lerner et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. New York: Abrams, 1974, pp. 46 illus., 755 (Fig. 52) Lisa N. Peters, John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter." Exh. cat. New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, pp. 182-83 color illus. (no. 52) This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the work of John Henry Twachtman by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D. and Ira Spanierman. Twachtman's 1895 trip to Yellowstone, funded by Major William A. Wadsworth of Geneseo, New York, resulted in some of his most vibrant and abstract images. Of the sixteen paintings and one pastel extant from the sojourn, six are of waterfalls and four feature the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, the subject of this painting. The other three are: Waterfall in Yellowstone (Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming), Lower Falls, Yellowstone (private collection), Lower Falls of the Yellowstone (private collection). Thomas Moran and Albert Bierstadt had included the Lower Falls in expansive vistas; by contrast, Twachtman focused on the color, movement, and texture of water and rock. Dr. Lisa N. Peters notes that the differences among the paintings suggest that Twachtman moved progressively closer to the falls, in the process studying changes in their audible and sensuous aspects. She states that this painting, the last in the series, shows the falls from the closest angle, concentrating the viewer's attention on qualities of the painted surface as much as on the falls, while conveying its oxymoronic fixed and mutable nature. C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC