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JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)
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JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)

Study on Long Island Sound at Darien, Connecticut

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JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)
Study on Long Island Sound at Darien, Connecticut
oil on canvas
15 1⁄2 x 27 3⁄4 in. (39.3 x 70.5 cm.)
Painted in 1872.

Robert Carlin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1969.
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, acquired from the above.
Christie’s, New York, 4 December 2003, lot 9, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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This painting was reviewed by Dr. John Driscoll for the John Frederick Kensett catalogue raisonné.

During the late 1860s, John Frederick Kensett purchased property in Connecticut near Darien and Rowayton on Contentment Island and subsequently built a studio there. Inspired by his surroundings, he composed several sketches and paintings from various points around the island. As seen in the present work, Kensett developed sparer, more open compositions that explored the passage of light and time and the overall mood of the place. In Study on Long Island Sound at Darien, Connecticut, the scene's strong diagonal leads the viewer in from the closest point in the foreground to the farthest distance on the horizon to emphasize nature's great depth and scale.