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GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)
Lot 51 Property from a New York Private Collection

GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)

A Glimpse of the Hudson, near Tarrytown

Closed19 January 2022

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GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)
A Glimpse of the Hudson, near Tarrytown
signed 'G. Inness' and indistinctly dated (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1891.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 12-14 February 1895, lot 126, sold by the above.
R.F. Luckey, acquired from the above.
Parke-Bernet, New York, 17 October 1962, lot 64, sold by the above.
Babcock Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
James Biddle, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Menconi & Schoelkopf, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2007.

Specialist note

Described by Michael Quick as a "perfectly balanced composition," the present work demonstrates the consciousness of surface design with which George Inness painted in this period. (George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, p. 314)