ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-1933)

Details

ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-1933)

Moist Weather (France)

signed Vonnoh and dated 1890, l.l.--oil on canvas laid down on board
25½ x 21in. (64.4 x 53.4cm.)

Provenance

The artist
John Dorr Bradley, Chicago
New York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet (Sale: April 20, 1979, lot 79)

Exhibited

Rochester, New York, Rochester Exposition, 1914
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Seven Special Exhibitions, Dec. 1914-Jan. 1915
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-Aug. 1982, pp.86-87, illus. (this exhibition travelled to various locations, 1982-1987)
Youngstown, Youngstown State University, The John J. McDonough
Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Oct. 1991-May 1992

Lot Essay

A letter discussing the painting, dated 12-3-15, from the artist to John Dorr Bradley, a previous owner, accompanies the lot. In the letter, Vonnoh wrote: "I call it Moist Weather (France). It was painted in 1890, or a little before, at Grez sur Loing - Seine et Marne; where I have a little country place. I considered it one of the most successful things that I had done and it was shown in several of my exhibitions around that period." Bradley purchased the painting after viewing it at an exhibition in 1915 at the Art Institute of Chicago.