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The Upper Mississippi

Rudolph Fried(e)rich Kurz (Swiss (active U.S.) 1818–1871)

Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 32.9 x 47.0 cm (12 15/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3949
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 806 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionView of a bend in the river, framed by vines and tall trees left and right.
InscriptionsBottom right, red ink: "Upper Mississippi 10.3.54" and signed in brown ink: "Fred Kurz"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950