Lot 138
  • 138

George Inness 1825-1894

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • George Inness
  • Milton on the Hudson
  • signed G. Inness, l.l.; also inscribed Milton on the Hudson/ 1879/ 12 x 18 on an old label on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 12 by 18 in.
  • 30.5 by 45.7 cm.

Provenance

(Sale: Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, New York, Inness Executor's Sale, February 11-13, 1904, no. 37)
Mr. Walter S. Ballou, Providence, Rhode Island

Literature

LeRoy Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, Austin, Texas, 1965, no. 896, p. 224

Condition

Very fine craquelure in the sky at upper right; very dark surface. Under UV light: several small areas of inpainting in the sky and at center of lower half.
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