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Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935)
Lot 53

Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935)

View of Blue Mountain Lake

Closed22 May 2019

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Levi Wells Prentice (1851-1935)
View of Blue Mountain Lake
signed 'L.W. Prentice' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1877-78.

The artist.
Mr. Clarke, gift from the above.
Anna Clarke Greene, daughter of the above, by descent.
Percy Clarke Greene, Copenhagen, New York, by descent.
Private collection, by descent.
Grogan, Boston, Massachusetts, 24 March 1993, lot 33, sold by the above (as Panoramic View of a Lake in Autumn).
Raphael Gallery, New York, acquired from the above.
Godel & Co., Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1993.

Specialist note

Levi Wells Prentice likely completed View of Blue Mountain Lake following a second visit to the area in 1877. The present work possibly depicts a view from Miles Talcott's Blue Mountain House, where the artist's name appears on the the hotel register for August 28, 1877.

The present painting was given by Levi Wells Prentice to the original owner, Mr. Clarke, to repay a loan to the artist for college.