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A Sunrise on Lake George
Details
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
A Sunrise on Lake George
signed and dated 'SR Gifford 1877-9' (lower right)—signed again and inscribed 'A Sunrise/By SR Gifford' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 x 30 ¼ in. (40.6 x 76.8 cm.)
Painted in 1877-79.
A Sunrise on Lake George
signed and dated 'SR Gifford 1877-9' (lower right)—signed again and inscribed 'A Sunrise/By SR Gifford' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
16 x 30 ¼ in. (40.6 x 76.8 cm.)
Painted in 1877-79.
Provenance
(Probably) George Kemp, New York, by 1881.
Private collection, France.
Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Private collection, France.
Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Literature
(Probably) Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881, p. 43, no. 662.
I. Weiss, Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford Robinson Gifford, Newark, Delaware, 1987, pp. 149, 313.
I. Weiss, Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford Robinson Gifford, Newark, Delaware, 1987, pp. 149, 313.
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, October 8, 2003-June 27, 2004, pp. 148, 150-55, no. 32, illustrated.
Further Details
A letter from the recognized expert on the artist, Dr. Ila Weiss, accompanies this lot.
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