Mount Hood

Details

WILLIAM KEITH (1838-1911)
Mount Hood
signed 'W. Keith' (lower right)
oil on canvas
13 x 24 in. (33 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

Willoughby-Toschi Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Private collection, Sun Valley, Idaho, acquired from the above, 1973.
By descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

In 1868, William Keith was hired by the Oregon Navigation and Railroad company to paint the scenery of the Pacific Northwest. In July of 1868, the artist climbed Mount Hood and spent the next year painting scenes from his travels.

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