Pierced Rock, Gaspe, Quebec
Date1950
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 12 × 16in. (30.5 × 40.6cm)
Frame (height x width): 19 × 23in. (48.3 × 58.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Roderick Bissell Jones
Object number1974.56.479
DescriptionPainting by Edward Payson Jones, Sr., of "Pierced Rock" in Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. The subject is a large rock in the ocean off the coast in eastern Canada. Three seabirds are circling around the rock and a ship is steaming by in the background. There are two clouds in the sky.
Status
Not on view
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Alfred Gonsalves
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