Lot 55
  • 55

George Inness 1825-1894

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • George Inness
  • The Elm Tree
  • signed Geo Inness, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 12 by 10 in.
  • 30.5 by 25.4 cm.
  • Painted circa 1880

Provenance

George Inness, Jr., "Chetolah", Cragsmoor via Ellenville, New York
John Levy Galleries, New York
Henry Reinhardt, New York, 1917
Mrs. Marion B. Nellis (Sold:  American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 8, 1937, no. 25)
Grant's Art Galleries, Chicago (purchased at auction above)
(Sale:  Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 17, 1975, no. 67)
Schweitzer Gallery, New York, to 1978 (Sold:  Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, , Ocobert 27, 1978, no. 32)
Arvest Galleries Galleries, Boston
Dr. Robert O. Morton, Oklahoma
(Sale:  Christie's, New York, December 11, 1981, no. 62)
Private Collection

Exhibited

New York, Henry Reinhardt & Son, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late George Inness, N.A., 1917, no. 18

Literature

Elliott Daingerfield, A Collection of Paintings by George Inness, N.A., New York, 1917, no. 18, illustrated
LeRoy Ireland, The Works of George Inness, Austin, 1965, no. 201, listed p. 49 (with date of 1860-64), illustrated, p.49

Catalogue Note

Michael Quick has examined this painting and confirmed its authenticity.