Sale 22AM01 | Lot 1023

George Inness

Catalogue: American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts
George Inness

Lot Details

Lot 1023
George Inness
American, 1825-1894
Etretat, Normandy, circa 1874
Signed G. Inness (lr)
Oil on canvas
14 x 26 1/8 inches

Provenance:
Estate of the artist (sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, George Inness Executor's Sale, Feb. 12-14, 1895, no. 95
Joseph S. Wood, purchased at auction, 1895
Mr. Wooley
(with) Jamison Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
(with) Peter H. Davidson and Co., New York, circa 1983
Private collection

Exhibited:
New York, American Fine Art Society, Exhibition of the Paintings Left by the Late George Inness, Dec. 27, 1894, no. 168
New York, Findlay Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by George Inness and Other Important Americans, 1940, no. 13
New York, David Findlay Jr., Inc., George Inness, 1825-1894, 1984
New York, Beacon Hill Fine Art, American Painters on the French Scene, 1996, no. 29 (illus. in cat. p. 7)

Literature:
Leroy Ireland, Works of George Inness, Univ. of Texas Press, Austin and London, 1965, p. 168, no. 686
Michael Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. I, 1841-1979, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ and London, 2007, pp. 437-438, illus. p. 438, no. 479


Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Sold for $16,380 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

There is a repaired "L" shaped tear that runs vertically for approximately 9 inches and horizontally for approximately 14 inches. There is also inpainting to address a 3 inch diagonal scratch in the sky and at the edges to address frame rub. Relined. The restoration was competently handled and the work can hang as is.


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Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Sold for $16,380 (includes buyer's premium)

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