Lot Essay
According to Ila Weiss, Gifford painted this scene on September 10, 1868.
Details
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD* (1823-1880)
A Sunset at Catania, Sicily
signed with initials S.R.G. and inscribed Catania, l.l.--oil on canvas
7 5/8 x 13¾in. (19.4 x 24.9cm.)
A Sunset at Catania, Sicily
signed with initials S.R.G. and inscribed Catania, l.l.--oil on canvas
7 5/8 x 13¾in. (19.4 x 24.9cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
New York, Thomas E. Kirby & Co. (Sale: Valuable Oil Paintings, Works of the Famous Artist, Sanford Gifford, N.A., April 12, 1881, p. 42, no. 127)
H.F. De Lancey
By descent through the family
New York, Thomas E. Kirby & Co. (Sale: Valuable Oil Paintings, Works of the Famous Artist, Sanford Gifford, N.A., April 12, 1881, p. 42, no. 127)
H.F. De Lancey
By descent through the family
Literature
A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881, p. 36, no. 510
I. Weiss, Poetic Landscapes: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford, 1987, pp. 269-270, illus.
I. Weiss, Poetic Landscapes: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford, 1987, pp. 269-270, illus.
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition, Winter 1880-1881, no. 83
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Lines of Different Character - Ameriican Art from 1727 to 1947, 1982-1983, p. 42, no. 28, illus.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Lines of Different Character - Ameriican Art from 1727 to 1947, 1982-1983, p. 42, no. 28, illus.