Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)

Back of the Village, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Details

Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)
Back of the Village, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
signed and dated 'J.F. Cropsey 1886' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title 'Back of the village J.F. Cropsey Hastings on Hudson, New York 1886' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
12 x 20 in. (30.5 x 50.8 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
Ortegies & Co., New York, 31 March 1887, lot 49 (as Back of the Village).
By descent in the family of the present owner.

Lot Essay

According to Dr. Kenneth W. Maddox, the present work is one of three nearly identical oil paintings that Cropsey painted in 1886. The other two are Village in Autumn (Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) and Autumn Landscape--Saugerties (unlocated).

This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the works of Jasper Francis Cropsey by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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