Lot 52
  • 52

George Inness

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • George Inness
  • Light Triumphant
  • signed G Inness and dated 1862 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 11 by 18 in.
  • 28 by 45.8 cm.

Provenance

The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher (acquired directly from the artist)
Mrs. H.B. Beecher (sold: James P. Silo, auctioneer, February 13-14, 1896, lot 164, as Property of the Late Henry Ward Beecher)
Senator Frederick S. Gibbs, New York, by 1899 (sold: American Art Association, New York, February 24-26, 1904, lot 226)
Scott & Fowles, New York, 1904
Alexander R. Peacock, Pittsburgh (sold: American Art Association, New York, January 10, 1922, lot 6)
Scott & Fowles, New York, 1922
C.C. Stillman, New York, 1924

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, 37th Annual Exhibition, 1862, no. 19, as Landscape, lent by the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher (possibly)

Literature

LeRoy Ireland, Works of George Inness, Austin, 1965, p. 59, no. 240, illustrated
Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, New Brunswick, 2007, vol. one, p. 216, no. 184, illustrated

Condition

canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition; stable craquelure throughout; depth retained despite relining. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET: there are several areas of inpainting in the clouds at center.
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