Lot 60
  • 60

George Inness

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • George Inness
  • By the Old Aqueduct, Campagna, Italy
  • signed G. Inness, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 17 by 24 in.
  • 43.2 by 61.0 cm.
  • Painted circa 1873.

Provenance

Sale: Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, February 12-14, 1895, no. 176 (as Old Aqueduct, Campahna, Italy)
George R. Green (acquired at the above sale)
(possibly) Samuel Doughty
Herbert H. Knox, 1930 (his son-in-law),
John A. Knox), 1945 (his son)
By descent in the family of the above to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, American Fine Arts Society, Exhibition of Paintings Left by the Late George Inness, December, 1894, no. 154

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: a couple of spots of inpainting at center, left (short tree in mid ground); a couple of spots at upper left (in sky); a large spot (about 2 in. diameter) and several small spots at upper right (in sky)
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