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Berkshire Hills
Details
George Inness (1825-1894)
Berkshire Hills
oil on canvas
46½ x 66 in. (118.1 x 167.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1846-47.
Berkshire Hills
oil on canvas
46½ x 66 in. (118.1 x 167.6 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, lot 49.
George A. Hearn, New York, by 1901.
American Art Association, New York, Hearn Estate Sale, 25 February 1918, lot 128.
[With]Otto Bernet, New York.
Mrs. John A. Beach, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 February 1955, lot 46.
King Cole Restaurant, Dayton, Ohio.
[With]Peter Schweller Fine Arts, New York, 2000.
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 2000.
Christie's, New York, 19 May 2005, lot 91.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
(Possibly) American Art Galleries, New York, S.A. Coale, Jr. Sale, 18 April 1894, lot 49.
George A. Hearn, New York, by 1901.
American Art Association, New York, Hearn Estate Sale, 25 February 1918, lot 128.
[With]Otto Bernet, New York.
Mrs. John A. Beach, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 February 1955, lot 46.
King Cole Restaurant, Dayton, Ohio.
[With]Peter Schweller Fine Arts, New York, 2000.
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 2000.
Christie's, New York, 19 May 2005, lot 91.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
C.H. Caffin, American Masters of Painting: Being Brief Appreciations of Some American Painters, 1913, n.p., illustrated.
Catalogue of the Collection of Foreign and American Paintings Owned by Mr. George A. Hearn, New York, 1908, pp. xiii, 162, no. 202, illustrated.
E. Daingerfield, Fifty Paintings by George Inness, 1913, p. 9, pl. 1, illustrated.
R. Cortissoz, "Field of Art," Scribner's Magazine, vol. 77, no. 4, April 1925, pp. 441, 446, illustrated.
R.H. Gabriel, ed., Pageant of America, vol. 3, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926, p. 76, fig. 153, illustrated.
The Index of Twentieth Century Artists, vol. 4, no. 3, December 1936, p. 359.
E. McCausland, "The Early Inness," American Collector, vol. 15, no. 4, May 1946, p. 7.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, p. 14, no. 44, illustrated.
The Berkshire Museum, A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes, exhibition catalogue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1990, pp. 35, 38, 83, no. 31.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Walk in the Country: Inness and the Berkshires, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2005, p. 24.
M. Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, pp. 54-55, no. 15, illustrated.
Catalogue of the Collection of Foreign and American Paintings Owned by Mr. George A. Hearn, New York, 1908, pp. xiii, 162, no. 202, illustrated.
E. Daingerfield, Fifty Paintings by George Inness, 1913, p. 9, pl. 1, illustrated.
R. Cortissoz, "Field of Art," Scribner's Magazine, vol. 77, no. 4, April 1925, pp. 441, 446, illustrated.
R.H. Gabriel, ed., Pageant of America, vol. 3, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926, p. 76, fig. 153, illustrated.
The Index of Twentieth Century Artists, vol. 4, no. 3, December 1936, p. 359.
E. McCausland, "The Early Inness," American Collector, vol. 15, no. 4, May 1946, p. 7.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, p. 14, no. 44, illustrated.
The Berkshire Museum, A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes, exhibition catalogue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1990, pp. 35, 38, 83, no. 31.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Walk in the Country: Inness and the Berkshires, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2005, p. 24.
M. Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, pp. 54-55, no. 15, 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, and elsewhere, A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes, March 30-July 1, 1990, no. 31.
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Walk in the Country: Inness and the Berkshires, February 6-April 17, 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, and elsewhere, A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes, March 30-July 1, 1990, no. 31.
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, A Walk in the Country: Inness and the Berkshires, February 6-April 17, 2005.
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