ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-1933)

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ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-1933)

Early Spring, Pleasant Valley, Lyme, Connecticut

signed Vonnoh, l.r.--oil on canvas
24¼ x 30¼in. (61.3 x 76.7cm.)

Provenance

The artist
M.A. Newhouse and Son, St. Louis
Kuno H. Struck, Davenport, Iowa
New York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet (Sale: April 21, 1978, lot 76)

Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-Aug. 1982, pp.88-89, 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

On a 1921 photograph of the painting, Vonnoh dated the canvas circa 1916 and commented: "Pleasant Valley/Lyme Conn./painted 4 or 5 years ago./a pastoral Landscape/and a poets day/one could but reflect/at least, some of the/charm of such a time/and place-/Robert Vonnoh". This photograph and the original invoice from M.A. Newhouse and Son accompany the lot.