
Sunrise
George Inness
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
This painting is typical of Inness’ work during the final decade of his career. Its provenance and exhibition history are obscure for there are other paintings by the artist with the same subject, title, size, and date.
The American Wing
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.