Lot 86
  • 86

* James Goodwyn Clonney 1812-1867

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Description

  • James Goodwyn Clonney
  • Which Way Shall We Go?
  • signed Clonney and dated1850, l.r.

  • oil on canvas

  • 17 1/4 by 14 1/2 in.
  • (43.8 by 36.8 cm)

Provenance

Elbridge Van Syckel, New York
Private Collection, Boston, Massachusetts

Exhibited

New York, American Art Union, 1850, no. 110, p. 169
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Specially Selected Masters 1759-1991, 1991, no. 4

Literature

Lucretia H. Giese, "James Goodwyn Clonney (1812-1867): American Genre Painter," The American Art Journal, October 1979, pp. 25, 26, 28

Catalogue Note

Elbridge Van Syckel, the original owner of this painting, was a merchant with offices at 110 Broad Street and a home at 41 Courtland Avenue.