Memory  1870

[b]Notes from the Curator:[/b] [br] [i]Memory is one of Vedder’[/i]s most symbolic paintings. Although it at first appears to be a straightforward nocturnal view of the beach and ocean, upon close scrutiny one sees a faint human face emerge in the cloudy sky. Similar images of a floating head appear in a group of Vedder’s drawings from the late 1860s. Later he would be fa...