Live Auction 2419Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Robert Havell (1793-1878)
Lot 66 Property of a Distinguished Private Collector, New York

Robert Havell (1793-1878)

View of Croton Point from Sing Sing, New York

Closed3 March 2011

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Robert Havell (1793-1878)
View of Croton Point from Sing Sing, New York
oil on canvas
38 x 50 in. (96.5 x 127 cm.)
Painted circa 1845.

(Probably) Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, circa 1950s.
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

Robert Havell moved to Sing Sing, New York (present day Ossining, New York) in 1841. The view in the present work is likely from the artist's home, which at the time had a clear view looking down towards the Hudson River. The large mountain across the river is High Tor.

We are grateful to Mr. Gerald M. Wunderlich for his assistance with the catalogue entry for this work.