Lot Essay
This painting will be included in Michael Quick's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's works.
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Berkshire Hills
Details
George Inness (1825-1894)
Berkshire Hills
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1846-47.
Berkshire Hills
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1846-47.
Provenance
(Possibly) S.A. Coale, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri.
(Possibly) American Art Galleries, New York, S.A. Coale, Jr. Sale, 18 April 1894, no. 49.
George A. Hearn, New York.
American Art Association, New York, Hearn Estate Sale, 25 February 1918, no. 128.
With Otto Bernet.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 February 1955, no. 46.
King Cole Restaurant, Dayton, Ohio.
(Possibly) American Art Galleries, New York, S.A. Coale, Jr. Sale, 18 April 1894, no. 49.
George A. Hearn, New York.
American Art Association, New York, Hearn Estate Sale, 25 February 1918, no. 128.
With Otto Bernet.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 February 1955, no. 46.
King Cole Restaurant, Dayton, Ohio.
Literature
George A. Hearn Collection Catalogue, 1908, p. 162, no. 202, illustrated.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, p. 14, no. 44, illustrated.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, p. 14, no. 44, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Lotos Club, American Paintings from the Collection of Mr. George A. Hearn, March 30-April 2, 1901, no. 23 (erroneously dated 1858).
Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, The Inaugural Loan Collection of Paintings, May 31-July 1, 1905, no. 188.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, The Berkshire Museum, A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes, 1990, no. 31.
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Walk in the Country: Inness and the Berkshires, 2005.
Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, The Inaugural Loan Collection of Paintings, May 31-July 1, 1905, no. 188.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, The Berkshire Museum, A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes, 1990, no. 31.
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Walk in the Country: Inness and the Berkshires, 2005.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.