Rocks and Brook in the Catskills

Details

SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
Rocks and Brook in the Catskills
signed 'SR Gifford' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 ¼ x 10 in. (31.1 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1845-46.

Provenance

Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2007.

Literature

(Probably) Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881, no. 312.

Further details

A letter from the recognized expert on the artist, Dr. Ila Weiss, accompanies this lot.

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Lot Essay

According to Ila Weiss, "This painting is among a group of early studies by Gifford that examine the forms and textures of water, rocks, and trees, landscape elements then new to his work that would evolve and figure prominently throughout his career...Its subject, a bit of white water, probably at a bend in Catskill Creek, below Haines Falls, is closely related to...Fishing in a Mountain Stream, Princeton University Art Museum." (unpublished letter, 2024)

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