Lot 59
  • 59

George Inness

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • George Inness
  • In a Shady Nook
  • signed G Inness (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 25 inches
  • (76.2 by 63.5 cm)
  • Painted circa 1893.

Provenance

Mrs. Jonathan Scott Hartley, New York (Helen Inness Hartley, daughter of the artist)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1919
John Levy Galleries, New York, 1919-1920
Albert R. Jones, Kansas City, Missouri
Virginia Jones Mullen (daughter of the above)
Ralph E. Mullin (husband of the above)
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, March 15, 2000, lot 27
Mark Murray Fine Paintings, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, John Levy Galleries, n.d.

Literature

LeRoy Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, no. 1485, p. 388, illustrated
Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, New Brunswick, 2006, no. 1120, p. 414, illustrated

Condition

In generally good condition. Under ultraviolet light: a green varnish, scattered areas of inpainting, espcially at top left and right corners, a horizontal line of inpainting at top center, and a verticle line of inpainting likely to address stretcher bar marks at right.
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