The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
John Frederick Kensett
The Shrewsbury River
Auction Closed
April 20, 12:24 AM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
John Frederick Kensett
1816 - 1872
The Shrewsbury River
signed with the initials JF.K. and dated 58 (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 27 in. (38.1 x 68.6 cm.)
Executed in 1858.
Thomas Kensett (acquired directly from the artist by bequest in 1859)
Private Collection (acquired by descent until 1892)
Davis & Langdale, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0585 (acquired from the above on June 11, 1982)
Private Collection (acquired by descent until 1892)
Davis & Langdale, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0585 (acquired from the above on June 11, 1982)
John K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett, 1816-1872, New York, 1968, pp. 52, 57, 99, 102, 132, 177, frontispiece, illustrated
Don Lessem, "John F. Kensett's Gentle Vision of the American Land," Smithsonian Magazine, 1985, pp. 60-62, illustrated
Don Lessem, "John F. Kensett's Gentle Vision of the American Land," Smithsonian Magazine, 1985, pp. 60-62, illustrated
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Frederick Kensett: An American Master, 1985-86, p. 200
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, 1987-88, p. 46, illustrated