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JAMES GOODWYN CLONNEY (1812-1867)
Trappers
signed and dated 'Clonney/1850' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 ¼ x 14 in. (43.8 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted in 1850.
Provenance
Alexander Gallery, New York.
The Manoogian Collection ,Taylor, Michigan, circa 1980.
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.
Literature
L.H. Giese, "James Goodwyn Clonney (1812-1867): American Genre Painter," The American Art Journal, vol. XI, no. 4, October 1979, p. 25 (as The Trappers).
E. Johns, American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991, p. 110.
Exhibited
New York, American Art-Union, 1850.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, June 4, 1989-May 27, 1990, pp. 82-83, no. 30, illustrated (as The Trappers).
Sapporo, Japan, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Shiga, Japan, The Museum of Modern Art; Yokote, Japan, The Akita Museum of Modern Art; Japan, Tokuyama City Museum of Art History; Yokohama, Japan, Sogo Museum of Art, From the Hudson River School to Impressionism: American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, July 5, 1997-February 1, 1998, pp. 94-95, no. 27, illustrated.
Memphis, Tennessee, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Celebrate America: 19th Century Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, February 7-April 18, 1999, pp. 38-39, no. 10, illustrated (as The Trappers).
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Art, November 2007-September 2008, on loan.

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