Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)

Under the Palisades

Details

Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)
Under the Palisades
signed and dated 'J.F. Cropsey 1900' (lower right)--inscribed with title (along the lower left margin)
watercolor and pencil on paper
13 x 21 in. (33 x 53.3 cm.), image; 14½ x 22 in. (36.8 x 55.9 cm.), sheet

Provenance

The artist.
Rev. Lincoln Sigafoos, Hastings, New York, gift from the above.
Orville L. Sigafoos, Yonkers, New York, by descent.
Private collection, Congers, New York.

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Lot Essay

Reverand Lincoln Sigafoos, a previous owner of Under the Palisades, was a boarder at the Cropsey's home in Hastings as well as a close family friend. Upon the artist's death, Rev. Sigafoos conducted the service that was held in the artist's studio which concluded with a poem that the clergyman had written.

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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