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PROPERTY OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD FROM THE COLLECTION OF SANDRA FERRY ROCKEFELLER

JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)

Windsor Castle from the Park

Details

JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)
Windsor Castle from the Park
inscribed with title and dated 'July 26th 1843' (lower right)
pencil on paper
8 ¼ x 11 ½ in. (21 x 29.2 cm.)
Executed in 1843.

Provenance

Babcock Galleries, New York, by 1968.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, acquired from the above, 1970.
By descent to the late owner.

Exhibited

New York, American Federation of Arts, John Frederick Kensett, 1816-1872, 1968, n.p., no. 4, illustrated.
University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University; New York, Babcock Galleries, John F. Kensett: Drawings, August 27-November 30, 1978, pp. 28, 32, no. 5, illustrated.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Frederick Kensett: An American Master, March 24, 1985-January 19, 1986, pp. 55, 56, 202, fig. 22, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work was probably executed en plein air on the occasion of Kensett's 1843 sketching expedition through England. Such trips were instrumental in Kensett's training, with the artist later recollecting, "My real life commenced there, in the study of the stately woods of Windsor, and the famous beeches of Burnham and the lovely and fascinating landscape that surrounds them." (as quoted in J.P. Driscoll, J.K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett: An American Master, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, p. 57)

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