The Thomas Cole National
Historic Site is home to Thomas
Cole (1801-1848), founder of the
Hudson River School of art, the
first major art movement in the
United States.
Olana State Historic Site is one
of the most important artistic
residences in the United States.
Frederic Edwin Church (18261900), Cole’s student and leading
practitioner of the Hudson River
School of art, designed his home and 250-acre landscape
overlooking Cole’s home and the Hudson River Valley.
28 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AT TWO
HISTORIC SETTINGS ON THE HUDSON
MAY 3 THROUGH NOVEMBER 1, 2015
RIVERCROSSINGS.ORG
Major funding for River Crossings was provided by The Moore Charitable Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts,
New York State’s Empire State Development and the I NY Division of Tourism under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Regional
Economic Development Council Initiative, Tiger and Caroline Williams and The Bay & Paul Foundations. Additional support
is provided by Ed Herrington, Inc., the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, the Village of Catskill, the Columbia
County Tourism Department, Jennifer Krieger, and Chas Miller. The companion book and related public programs were funded
by Tiger and Caroline Williams, Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
THE THOMAS COLE SITE
STAIRCASE / ENTRY
1 Kiki Smith, Wolf with Birds III
2010, bronze with gold leaf, 44½ x 54 x 2½", Maria and Conrad Janis, Courtesy Pace Gallery.
WEST PARLOR
2 Stephen Hannock, Homage to the River Keeper
May 1993, 30 x 24⅛", polished oil on canvas, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist.
3 Cindy Sherman, Untitled #507
1977/2011, gelatin silver print, 8¾ x 6⅞", Courtesy the Artist and Metro Pictures.
4 Cindy Sherman,Untitled #502
1977/2011, gelatin silver print, 8¾ x 6⅞", Courtesy the Artist and Metro Pictures.
5 Cindy Sherman, Untitled #505
1977/2011, gelatin silver print, 8¾ x 6⅞", Courtesy the Artist and Metro Pictures.
6 Cindy Sherman, Untitled #501
1977/2011, gelatin silver print, 8¾ x 6⅞", Courtesy the Artist and Metro Pictures.
7 Stephen Hannock, The Oxbow, Flooded, for Frank Moore and Dan Hodermarsky (Mass MoCA #196)
2013, polished mixed media, 48 x 72 x 1", Caroline and Tiger Williams, Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery.
FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM
8 Joel Sternfeld, April 20, 2007, The East Meadows, Northampton, Massachusetts
printed 2008, digital C-print, 72 x 88½", Courtesy the Artist and Luhring Augustine.
9 Angie Keefer, Area Variance (conjoined houses, 248-250 Columbia Street,
Hudson, New York, auto-body paint)
2014, 30 x 40" Duraflex print, gilded frame, and attenuated spotlight, Courtesy the Artist.
EAST PARLOR
10 Angie Keefer, Fountain
2014, projector, transparent rear projection screen, computer, commodities futures indexes data,
dimensions variable, Courtesy the Artist.
11 Angie Keefer and Kianja Strobert, Empire State
2014, HD color video, two LED monitors, dimensions variable, Courtesy the Artists.
12 Angie Keefer and Kara Hamilton, Heavy Fixture
2014, installation including gold, silver, stainless steel, Herkimer Diamonds, light, with Albert Sands Southworth
(1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901), Unidentified Man (Thomas Cole), c. 1843-48, whole plate
daguerreotype, 8½ x 6½", George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film; Gift of Alden
Scott, with Thomas Cole’s Box of Minerals, c. 1830-48, 3 x 19¾ x 18", Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Gift of
Edith Cole Silberstein and the Greene County Historical Society, dimensions variable, Courtesy the Artists, George
Eastman House, and Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY
13 Jerry Gretzinger, Jerry’s Map
1963 to present, site-specific installation of ink, pencil, acrylic, paper collage on heavy paper, dimensions variable,
Courtesy the Artist.
SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM
14 Charles LeDray, Village People
2014-15, fabric, thread, embroidery floss, paint, dimensions variable, Courtesy the Artist and Sperone Westwater,
©Charles LeDray 2015.
SECOND FLOOR GALLERY
15 Stephen Petegorsky, October Corn, Early Morning
2011, printed 2013, archival inkjet print, 24 x 33", Courtesy the Artist.
16 Stephen Petegorsky, Plowed Field and Fog
2009, printed 2013, archival inkjet print, 24 x 33", Courtesy the Artist.
17 Stephen Petegorsky, Clouds, Mountains, Mist
2011, printed 2013, archival inkjet print, 24 x 33", Courtesy the Artist.
18 Stephen Petegorsky, Dead Fox
2009, printed 2013, archival inkjet print, 24 x 33", Courtesy the Artist.
19 Gregory Crewdson, Untitled (21)
2009, pigmented ink jet print, 28½ x 35¼", Courtesy the Artist and Gagosian Gallery.
SITTING ROOM
20 Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (7-66)
1995, oil on linen on panel, 16 x 20", Courtesy the Artist and Pace Gallery.
21 Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (8-129)
2010, oil on linen on panel, 22⅛ x 28⅛", Courtesy the Artist and Pace Gallery.
22 Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (9-25) (Sam’s Point)
2012, oil on linen on panel, 30 x 40", Courtesy the Artist and Pace Gallery.
23 Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (7-61)
1995, oil on linen on panel, 16 x 20", Courtesy the Artist and Pace Gallery.
24 Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (9-3)
2011, oil on linen on panel, 22 x 28", Courtesy the Artist and Pace Gallery.
25 Sienna Shields, Untitled
2010, acrylic and paper on canvas, 72 x 60", The Studio Museum in Harlem;
Museum purchase made possible by gifts from Carol Sutton Lewis and Amelia Ogunlesi.
26 Elizabeth Murray, Untitled (After Golden Delicious) II
1972, oil on canvas, 14¼ x 54", Courtesy Pace Gallery and the Murray-Holman Family Trust /
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NORTH ROOM
27 Rashaad Newsome, King of Queens
2012, mixed media collage in custom antique frame, 49 x 26 x 2¾", Courtesy the Artist and Marlborough Gallery.
2 Lynn Davis, Horseshoe Falls, Ontario, Canada
1992, silver gelatin print, 45 x 45", Collection of the Artist. ©Lynn Davis.
SITTING ROOM
3 Maya Lin, Silver River - Hudson
2011, recycled silver, 81 x 45 x ¾", Collection of the Artist. ©Maya Lin Studio.
LIBRARY
4 Elyn Zimmerman, Church’s Olana: Observing the Site / Sights
2015, PowerPoint presentation, Collection of the Artist.
COURT HALL
5 Martin Puryear, Question
2010, tulip poplar, pine and ash, 90 x 109¼ x 34½", Collection of the Artist. ©Martin Puryear.
STAIR HALL
6 Chuck Close, Self Portrait (Yellow Rain Coat)
2013, Jacquard tapestry, 93 x 76", Private Collection, ©Chuck Close in association with Magnolia Editions.
STUDIO
7 Letha Wilson, Storm Cloud Circle Fold (Colorado)
2012, unique C-print, museum board, 21 x 21 x 2½", Collection of Marian and Stephan Loginsky.
8 Letha Wilson, Rock Hole Punch (Utah Canyon)
2014, unique C-print, concrete, 13 x 11 x 1¾", Collection of the Artist.
STUDIO PORCH
9 Charles LeDray, Empire
2014-15, concrete, clay, wood, dimensions variable, Courtesy of the Artist and Sperone Westwater,
©Charles LeDray 2015.
CORRIDOR
28 Romare Bearden, Prelude to Farewell
10 Will Cotton, Untitled
29 Kianja Strobert, Untitled
11 Elijah Burgher, Sleep Has His House (for Antonio)
1981, mixed media collage, 49 x 37¼", The Studio Museum in Harlem, Gift of Altria Group, Inc.
2011, mixed media on paper, 17¾ x 18½", Collection Zach Feuer and Alison Fox.
KITCHEN ALCOVE
30 Frank Moore, Prairie
1999, woodcut, 17½ x 22½", Courtesy the Estate of the Artist and Sperone Westwater.
31 Frank Moore, Study for La Boccetta I
2001, gouache, oil, and India ink on Arches paper, 8 x 12 ", Courtesy the Estate of the Artist and
Sperone Westwater.
32 Duncan Hannah, Little Swing
1999, oil on canvas, 14 x 11", Private Collection.
EXTERIOR GROUNDS
33 Don Gummer, Woman Reclining
1993, cast bronze and aluminum on concrete base, 95 x 86 x 42", Courtesy the Artist.
34 Don Gummer, In the Fold
1994, cast bronze and aluminum on concrete base, 90 x 76 x 72", Courtesy the Artist.
FREDERIC CHURCH’S OLANA
EAST PARLOR
1 Lynn Davis, Iceberg 29, Disko Bay, Greenland
2000, silver gelatin print, 40 x 40", Collection of the Artist. ©Lynn Davis.
2014, oil on linen, 34 x 24", Private Collection.
2012, colored pencil and paper, 19 x 24", Pedro A. Guerrero Art Collection.
12 Elijah Burgher, Build Better Human Beings
2012, colored pencil and paper, 11 x 14", Collection of Jacob Meehan.
DINING ROOM
13 Valerie Hegarty, Picnic with Downy Woodpecker
2013, canvas, stretcher, foam molding, acrylic paint, paper, glue, sand, gold foil, feathers, 46 x 32½ x 5",
Collection of the Artist.
14 Valerie Hegarty, Table and Chair with Pileated Woodpecker
2013, foam-core, acrylic paint, paper, glue, sand, feathers, 36 x 32 x 24" (table), 36 x 19 x 17" (chair),
Collection of the Artist.
EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE, BY THE LAKE
15 Don Gummer, Spanish Guitar
1992, cast bronze on concrete base, 108 x 35½ x 32", Collection of the Artist.
16 Don Gummer, Passage
1993, cast bronze on concrete, 106½ x 66 x 56", Collection of the Artist.
17 Don Gummer, House of Music (Model)
1993, cast bronze on bronze base, 80 x 56 x 52", Collection of the Artist.
18 Don Gummer, Uniting Blue and Red
1999, cast bronze and stained glass, 93 x 56 x 29", Collection of the Artist.
Design by Carla Rozman Graphic Design
AT THE THOMAS COLE SITE &
FREDERIC CHURCH’S OLANA
River Crossings brings contemporary art
by world-renowned artists back to the
homes where distinctly American art was
born. Curated by artist Stephen Hannock
and art historian Jason Rosenfeld, PhD,
the exhibition provides an unprecedented
opportunity to consider these historic spaces
from a completely new vantage point—
expanding the dialogue between art of the
past and present. Our aim is to bring to
light new ideas about the meaning of the
art and history of the mid-19th century
and its continuing resonance today.
Throughout the exhibition are works by
Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church,
and other 19th-century artists.