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THOMAS HILL (1829-1908)
Lot 226 Property from the Estate of a New Hampshire Private Collector

THOMAS HILL (1829-1908)

Yosemite

Closed18 May 2021

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THOMAS HILL (1829-1908)
Yosemite
signed and dated 'T. Hill/1871.' (lower left)—signed and dated again (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on cradled masonite
36 1⁄2 x 60 1⁄2 in. (92.7 x 153.7 cm.)
Painted in 1871.

Private collection, Massachusetts.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, circa 1970s.

Specialist note


The present work depicts a location near Inspiration Point in Yosemite National Park. The same vantage point can be seen in Thomas Hill's Great Canyon of the Sierra, Yosemite (1871, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California), painted the same year. The Yosemite Valley became Hill's signature subject following his first trip in 1865 and received critical acclaim for his paintings' truthfulness to nature. The present work features two ladies led by a tour guide in the foreground, dwarfed by the grandiose beauty of the valley.