Live Auction 2078019th Century American Art
GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)
Lot 53 Property of a Prestigious Midwest Private Collection

GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)

Picnic in the Woods, Montclair, New Jersey

Closed19 January 2022

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GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)
Picnic in the Woods, Montclair, New Jersey
signed and dated 'G Inness 1894' (lower center)
oil on canvas laid down on masonite
30 1⁄4 x 45 1⁄4 in. (76.2 x 115 cm.)
Painted in 1894.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, Executor's Sale of Paintings by the Late George Inness, N.A., 12-14 February 1895, lot 177, sold by the above.
W. Scott Thurber, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner, 1899.

Specialist note

Michael Quick writes of the present work, "For the late period, this is an unusually elaborate figural arrangement, within a landscape with a developed twilight effect of dimness below and fading light above...The combination of the festive figures and the poignant lighting creates a mood of nostalgia and of transitory enchantment." (George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, p. 434)