John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
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P.926
The Stream
ca. 1890–95
Pastel on brown paper
11 1/2 x 8 in. (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Signed lower left: J. H. Twachtman–
Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert G. McIntyre (53.100)
Exhibitions
1966 Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum, John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 7–November 20, 1966. (Exhibition catalogue: Baskett 1966); (Exhibition catalogue: Boyle 1966–I), no. 94, as The Stream, lent by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Literature
Hale 1957
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 592 (catalogue A, no. 1022), as The Stream. (Hale concordance).
Peters 1995
Peters, Lisa N. "John Twachtman (1853–1902) and the American Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Frontier within the Terrain of the Familiar." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, 1995. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1996, vol. 1, p. 267; vol. 2, p. 811 ill. in b/w (fig. 287), as The Stream.
Commentary

The brook in this pastel, possibly depicting Horseneck Brook, widens as it flows over uneven terrain.