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Artist |
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George Inness |
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Title |
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Sunset on the river
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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30.5 x 45.5 in. / 77.5 x 115.6 cm. |
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Year |
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1867 - |
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Description |
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George Inness (1825-1894)
Sunset on the River
signed and dated 'G. Inness... |
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Misc. |
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Signed |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's New York: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
[Lot 112]
Important American Paintings, Drawings And Sculpture
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Estimate |
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*
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Sold For |
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Provenance |
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Joseph H. White, Brookline, Massachusetts.
Ralph H. White, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above.
Sale: American Art Association, New York, 26 February 1920, no. 161.
Joseph A. Skinner, Holyoke, Massachusetts, acquired from the above.
Katherine Skinner Kilborne, Holyoke, Massachusetts, by 1954.
Elisabeth Hubbard Skinner, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Sale: George Thomas Lewis & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, 6 February 1988, no. 178.
Thomas Colville, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, acquired from the above.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1988
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Literature |
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N. Cikovsky, The Life and Work of George Inness, Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1965, pp. 173, 231, fig. 49, illustrated.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, pp. 100-01, no. 401, illustrated.
A. Carbone, "Art Treasures: Inness a Jewel in the Crown," Transcript-Telegram, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 23, 1988, p. 1.
E.R. Birge and A. Carbone, "History on the Auction Block," Transcript-Telegram, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 23, 1988, p. 1, illustrated.
P. Oh, "Painting Brings $355,000 at Sale," Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Massachusetts, February 8, 1988, pp. 1, 3, illustrated.
M. Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. one, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, pp. 278-79, no. 293, pl. 68, illustrated
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