Lot 93
  • 93

Robert William Vonnoh 1858 - 1933

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert William Vonnoh
  • Early Spring, Pleasant Valley, Lyme, Connecticut
  • signed Vonnoh, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 by 30 in.
  • (61.0 by 76.2 cm)
  • Painted circa 1916-17.

Provenance

M.A. Newhouse and Son, St. Louis, Missouri
Kuno H. Struck, Davenport, Iowa
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 21, 1978, lot 76, illustrated)
John J. McDonough (acquired at the above sale; sold: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1992, lot 23, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute; Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art; Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of Art; Jacksonville, Florida, Cummer Gallery, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925: Works from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. John J. McDonough, June 1982-May 1983
Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown State University, The John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, October 1991-May 1992, p. 30

Condition

Good condition, lined; under UV: an area of retouching to sky at left edge, retouches along top and left edges to address frame abrasion.
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Catalogue Note

On a now unlocated 1921 photograph of the painting, Vonnoh commented: "Pleasant Valley / Lyme Conn. / painted 4 or 5 years ago / a pastoral Landscape / and a poets day / one could but reflect / at least, some of the / charm of such a time / and place- / Robert Vonnoh."