At River's Bend

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JAMES AUGUSTUS SUYDAM (1819-1865)
At River's Bend
signed with initials 'J.A.S.' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
5 ¾ x 10 in. (14.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1855.

Provenance

John Gordon, Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 June 1979, lot 284, sold by the above.
Private collection, New York.
Phillips, New York, 3 December 2002, lot 4.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Lot Essay

The present work may depict a view of Wappingers Creek, which runs from Thompson Pond to the Hudson River, with the Taconic Range in the distance, near the artist's family's home in the lower Hudson Valley. The placid, winding water and mountains shrouded in atmospheric haze beneath the sprawling sky emphasize the vastness and variety that the American terrain offered Hudson River School painters like Suydam.

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