John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902)
Winter
signed 'JH Twachtman' (lower right)
gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board
8½ x 10 in. (21.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Sale: New York, American Art Galleries, 24 March 1903, no. 28.
C.E. Wood, New York, acquired from the above.
William Macbeth, New York.
Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Princeton, New Jersey.
By descent in the family to Richard A. Turner, Middlebury, Vermont, grandson of the above.
Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York.
James and Margaret Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, 1971.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
Eastern Kentucky University, Centennial Exhibition: A Century of American Painting, exhibition catalogue, Richmond, Kentucky, 1974, p. 11, no. 77.
Exhibited
Richmond, Kentucky, The Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Centennial Exhibition: A Century of American Paintings, January 13-February 8, 1974, no. 77 (as Winter, Greenwich).
Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of John Twachtman by Ira Spanierman and Dr. Lisa N. Peters.
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