Lot 42
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JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY | On the Hudson near West Point

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jasper Francis Cropsey
  • On the Hudson near West Point
  • signed J.F. Cropsey and dated 1877 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 12 by 20 inches
  • (30.5 by 50.8 cm)

Provenance

Morston Constantine Ream, New York (the artist)
Westerly Committee, by 1970
[With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1970
Alexander Gallery, New York, by 1979
Chapellier Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, by 1980

Exhibited

New York, Alexander Gallery, Jasper F. Cropsey: An Exhibition of His Works, February-March 1979
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, William Penn Memorial Museum, Exhibition: Hudson River School, April-July 1979
New York, Alexander Gallery, Landscapes of the Hudson River: First Public Exhibition of a Private Collection, November 1979
University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School on Loan from a Friend of the Museum of Art, January-March 1981, no. 16, pp. 1, 7, 8, 19, 62, 123, illustrated pp. 26, 63
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, The American Landscape Tradition, November 1982-January 1983
Newark, Delaware, University Gallery, University of Delaware, An Intimate View: Hudson River Landscapes from a Private Collection, April-May 1985
Ithaca, New York, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, The American Landscape, January-February 1995
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; New York, The National Academy, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School, August 1997-September 1999, pp. 8, 10, 54, cover illustration, illustrated p. 10
Garrison, New York, Boscobel House and Gardens, "The Glorious Scenery Must Ever Excite": Nineteenth-Century American Paintings of the Hudson Highlands, July-October 2008, pp. 22, 27
Catskill, New York, The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, River Views on the Hudson River, May-October 2009, p. 6, back cover illustration

Literature

Marcia Briggs Wallace, "Jasper F. Cropsey," Arts Magazine, vol. 53, May 1979, p. 14, illustrated (as Sunset over West Point)
John K. Howat, "Hudson River Celebrations," Antiques and Fine Art Magazine, vol. 9, Summer 2009, pp. 126-128, illustrated
Elizabeth B. Jacks, "River Views of the Hudson River School," American Art Review, vol. 21, July-August 2009, p. 75, illustrated
Kenneth W. Maddox and Anthony M. Speiser, Jasper Francis Cropsey: Catalogue Raisonné, Works in Oil 1864-1884, vol. II, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2016, no. 1467, p. 243

Condition

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes, Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This work has an old lining applied with wax. The stretcher is original. The paint layer is stable. It is clean and varnished. There are no retouches. Under ultraviolet light, slight changes in color can be detected particularly in the tall trees on the right, but none of this corresponds to retouching. The work should be hung as is.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Catalogue Note

"The beauties of nature had a charm, and the voice of God came to me through every motionless leaf—on every blade of grass—the odor of the flower and in every breath of air I drew..." (Letter from Jasper Francis Cropsey to his future wife Maria Cooley, July 4, 1846)