Details
George Inness (1825-1894)
Tenafly, Autumn
signed and dated 'G. Inness 1891' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 45½ in. (76.8 x 115.6 cm.)
Provenance
[With]Thomas B. Clarke, New York.
J.W. Ladd, Portland, Oregon, 1912.
[With]Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1912.
Emerson McMillin, New York, acquired from the above, 1912.
Sale: American Art Galleries, New York, McMillin Sale, 20-23 January 1913, no. 171.
William A. Clark, New York, acquired from the above.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., bequest from the above, 1926.
Christie's, New York, 4 December 2008, lot 83.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
C. Brinton, "Fashions in Art," The International Studio, March 1913, n.p., no. 193, illustrated.
J.W. Pattison, "Paintings by American Artists," Fine Arts Journal, October 1913, pp. 618, 622, no. 4, illustrated (as Autumn, Tenafly, N.J.).
E. Daingerfield, Fifty Paintings by George Inness, New York, 1913, n.p., pl. 34 (as Autumn Tints).
D.H. Carrott, Clark Catalogue, unpublished, pt. 1, 1925, pp. 111-12, no. 21.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection, Washington, D.C., 1928, p. 45, no. 2104.
The Index of Twentieth Century Artists, vol. 4, December 1936, p. 359, no. 4.
J. Watson, "Tapestry and Paintings are Returned," The Washington Post, October 22, 1944, sec. S, p. 4.
E. McCausland, "Some Inness Prices," Magazine of Art, March 1946, p. 103, no. 3.
Corcoran Museum of Art, Handbook of the American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1947, p. 40.
L.J. Ahlander, "Art in Washington: Backbone of the Corcoran Gallery," The Washington Post, June 25, 1961, sec. G, p. 6.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness, Austin, Texas, 1965, p. 357, no. 1391, illustrated.
L. Ireland, "George Inness, Painter of Landscapes," The Magazine Antiques, December 1965, p. 823, illustrated.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, vol. 1, Washington, D.C., 1966, pp. 119-20, illustrated.
C.W. Millard, "Some Thoughts on American Painting," The Hudson Review, Summer 1967, p. 268, no. 2.
Yellowstone Art Center, The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Billings, Montana, 1989, pp. 26, 42, illustrated.
M. Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, pp. 338-39, no. 1031, illustrated.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, April 15-September 30, 1966.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The American Landscape Tradition, January 31-August 31, 1978.
Billings, Montana, Yellowstone Art Center, and elsewhere, The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, May 6-July 30, 1989.

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