A Misty Morning at Greenwood Lake

Details

JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY (1823-1900)
A Misty Morning at Greenwood Lake
signed and dated 'J.F. Cropsey 1881' (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 x 24 in. (35.6 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1881.

Provenance

Joseph A. Shears, Staten Island, New York.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1973.
Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1996, lot 59, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

A.M. Speiser, ed., Jasper Francis Cropsey, Catalogue Raisonné: Works in Oil, Volume Two, 1864-1884, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2016, pp. 289, 290, no. 1661, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1884, no. 375.

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Lot Essay

Jasper Francis Cropsey was born and raised on Staten Island and trained as a professional architect. Throughout his career, Greenwood Lake, which straddles the border of New York and New Jersey, particularly struck him. Cropsey's architectural background undoubtedly informed his precise observations of the landscape surrounding the lake and accounted for his exacting topographical rendering and meticulous attention to detail. A Misty Morning on Greenwood Lake lyrically captures the minute details of the artist's surroundings, bathed in a glowing sunshine that beautifully reflects in the water. Other works of this subject are in the collections of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

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