Nov 3, 2022 11:00 EST
American Paintings & Prints
1075
George Inness
George Inness
American, 1825-1894
Green Landscape with Trees also known as Opening in the Woods with Figure, circa 1882-1886
Signed G. Inness (ll)
Oil on canvas
12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Provenance:
(possibly) Macbeth Gallery, New York (as Green Landscape with Trees, 12 x 18 in.)
Miss Jennings, 1887
Mary Brewster (Ms. Oliver G,) Jennings, New York and Oyster Bay, NY
Plaza Art Galleries, New York, 1960s
Mary Alice Van Deusen, circa 1976
Hobart D. Van Deusen by circa 1985
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Old Greenwich, CT, Apr. 24, 2003, lot 22 (as Opening in the Wood with Figure)
with Babcock Galleries, New York, 2003
Private collection
Literature:
Archives of American Art, LeRoy Ireland Research Material on George Inness, 1841-1970, reel 994, fr. 294-295, recorded as an additions to Ireland's catalogue raisonné, fr. 339
Babcock Galleries, An American Sampler, 2003, p. 19, illus.
Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. II, 1880-1994, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ and London, 2007, p. 115, illus. , no. 782
Sold for $31,500
Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
George Inness
American, 1825-1894
Green Landscape with Trees also known as Opening in the Woods with Figure, circa 1882-1886
Signed G. Inness (ll)
Oil on canvas
12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches
Provenance:
(possibly) Macbeth Gallery, New York (as Green Landscape with Trees, 12 x 18 in.)
Miss Jennings, 1887
Mary Brewster (Ms. Oliver G,) Jennings, New York and Oyster Bay, NY
Plaza Art Galleries, New York, 1960s
Mary Alice Van Deusen, circa 1976
Hobart D. Van Deusen by circa 1985
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Old Greenwich, CT, Apr. 24, 2003, lot 22 (as Opening in the Wood with Figure)
with Babcock Galleries, New York, 2003
Private collection
Literature:
Archives of American Art, LeRoy Ireland Research Material on George Inness, 1841-1970, reel 994, fr. 294-295, recorded as an additions to Ireland's catalogue raisonné, fr. 339
Babcock Galleries, An American Sampler, 2003, p. 19, illus.
Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. II, 1880-1994, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ and London, 2007, p. 115, illus. , no. 782
Under UV light one can see a repaired tear in the center left running horizontally for approximately 5 inches. There are a few other scatted spots of inpainting. The painting is relined. The conservation work is expertly done and the painting should be hung as is.
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Auction: American Paintings & Prints, Nov 3, 2022
