Lot Essay
The present work depicts New York's oldest standing bridge, the High Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Manhattan across the Harlem River.
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PROPERTY OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD FROM THE COLLECTION OF SANDRA FERRY ROCKEFELLER
JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY (1823-1900)
High Bridge in January
Details
JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY (1823-1900)
High Bridge in January
signed and dated 'J.F. Cropsey/1885' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 16 ½ in. (25.4 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1885.
High Bridge in January
signed and dated 'J.F. Cropsey/1885' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 16 ½ in. (25.4 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1885.
Provenance
Ortgies & Co., New York, 20 March 1885, lot 43.
Edmund Huerstel, New York, acquired from the above.
Maurice Huerstel, New York, by descent from the above, 1918.
Schweitzer Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, New York, acquired from the above, 1976.
By descent to the late owner.
Edmund Huerstel, New York, acquired from the above.
Maurice Huerstel, New York, by descent from the above, 1918.
Schweitzer Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, New York, acquired from the above, 1976.
By descent to the late owner.
Literature
"On the Market," Apollo, vol. XCII, December 1970, p. 493, illustrated (as Highgate Aqueduct).
W.S. Talbot, Jasper F. Cropsey, 1823-1900, Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, 1977, pp. 235, 469, no. 219, illustrated.
K.W. Maddox, Intruder into Eden: The Train in Nineteenth-Century American Landscape, Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 1999, pp. 292-94, 337n14.
A.M. Speiser, ed., Jasper Francis Cropsey, Catalogue Raisonné: Works in Oil, 1885-1900, Watercolors, 1842-1900, Volume Three, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2019, p. 5, no. 1801.
W.S. Talbot, Jasper F. Cropsey, 1823-1900, Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, 1977, pp. 235, 469, no. 219, illustrated.
K.W. Maddox, Intruder into Eden: The Train in Nineteenth-Century American Landscape, Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 1999, pp. 292-94, 337n14.
A.M. Speiser, ed., Jasper Francis Cropsey, Catalogue Raisonné: Works in Oil, 1885-1900, Watercolors, 1842-1900, Volume Three, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2019, p. 5, no. 1801.
Exhibited
New York, Schweitzer Gallery, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, November 1970, p. 9, no. 8, illustrated (as Highgate Bridge, Harlem River, N.Y.C.).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., American by Land and Sea, March 9-April 3, 1976 (as View of High Bridge Spanning the Harlem River, New York).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., American by Land and Sea, March 9-April 3, 1976 (as View of High Bridge Spanning the Harlem River, New York).
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