John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902)
John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902)

Upland Pastures (Greenwich, Connecticut)

Details
John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902)
Upland Pastures (Greenwich, Connecticut)
bears Twachtman Sale stamp (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1890s.
Provenance
[Sale] American Art Galleries, New York, 24 March 1903 (possibly no. 42 as Upland Pastures).
(Possibly) G.F. Munn, acquired from the above.
(Possibly)[With]Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, as of 1919.
[With]Robert C. Vose, Boston, Massachusetts, as of 1932.
[With]Babcock Galleries, New York, as of 1942.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kornfield.
[With]Ira Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1978.
[With]R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1979.
Private collection, Villanova, Pennsylvania, by 1994.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J.D. Hale, The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman, Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, p. 455, no. 250 or 251 (as November Haze) or no. 257 (as Upland Pastures).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Lines of Different Character: American Art from 1727-1947, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1982, p. 17, no. 72, illustrated.
Columbus Museum of Art, Triumph of Color and Light: Ohio Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, exhibition catalogue, Columbus, Ohio, 1994, pp. 23, 159.
Kunstforum, Impressionismus: Amerika--Frankreich--Russland, exhibtion catalogue, Vienna, Austria, 2002, pp. 100-01, no. 28, illustrated.
Spanierman Galleries, LLC, The Spirit of America: American Art from 1829-1970, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2002, n.p., no. 41, illustrated.
L.N. Peters in R. Sessions et al., The Poetic Vision: American Tonalism, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2005, pp. 85, 172-73, no. 40, illustrated.
L.N. Peters, John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter," exhibition catalogue, New York, 2006, pp. 36, 168-69, 238, no. 45, illustrated.
Exhibited
(Possibly) Boston, Massachusetts, Vose Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by J.H. Twachtman, November 10-22, 1919, no. 10 (as October Haze).
Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by American Impressionists and Other Artists of the Period, 1880-1900, January 18-February 28, 1932, no. 113.
New York, Babcock Galleries, Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels by John H. Twachtman, February 9-28, 1942, no. 17.
Storrs, Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, and elsewhere, Connecticut and American Impressionism, March 17-May 30, 1980.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Lines of Different Character: American Art from 1727-1947, November 13, 1982-January 8, 1983, no. 72.
Paris, Musée Petit Palais, and elsewhere, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, Impressionistes Americains, March 30-May 18, 1982.
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Musem of Art, and elsewhere, Triumph of Color and Light: Ohio Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, February 6-May 15, 1994.
Vienna, Austria, Kunstforum, Impressionismus: Amerika--Frankreich--Russland, October 25, 2002-February 23, 2003, no. 28.
New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, The Spirit of America: American Art from 1829 to 1970, November 1, 2002-February 15, 2003, no. 41.
New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, The Poetic Vision: American Tonalism, November 12, 2005-January 7, 2006.
New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, and elsewhere, John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter," May 4-June 24, 2006, no. 45.

Lot Essay

This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of John Henry Twachtman by Ira Spanierman and Dr. Lisa N. Peters.

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