George Inness (1825-1894)
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George Inness (1825-1894)

A Snowy Haystack

Details
George Inness (1825-1894)
A Snowy Haystack
signed and dated 'G. Inness 1889' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 38 in. (61 x 96.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, Executor's Sale of Paintings by the Late George Inness, N.A., 12-14 February 1895, lot 199.
Mr. and Mrs. Kalman Haas, New York, acquired from the above.
Parke-Bernet, New York, 15-16 May 1946, lot 98.
John Nicholson Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
[With]Findlay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Private collection, Illinois.
Parke-Bernet, New York, 18 November 1965, lot 72.
[With]Eleanor Gordon, Pennsylvania.
Daniel W. Ditrick, Villanova, Pennsylvania.
[With]Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York, 1981.
[With]Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, 1983.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983.
Literature
American Fine Arts Society, Exhibition of the Paintings left by the Late George Inness, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1894, p. 33, no. 58.
M. Knoedler & Co., Eighth Annual Summer Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, exhibition checklist, New York, 1915, no. 28 (as Haystacks in Winter).
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, p. 332, no. 1311, illustrated.
D.P. Curry, E.L. O'Leary, S.J. Rawles, American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection, exhibition catalogue, Richmond, Virginia, 1997, p. 43, pl. 28, illustrated (as Haystack, Montclair).
M. Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, vol. I, p. 25, vol. II, pp. 26, 252-53, no. 963, pl. 199, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, American Fine Arts Society, Exhibition of the Paintings Left by the Late George Inness, December 27, 1894, no. 58.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Eighth Annual Summer Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, 1915, no. 28 (as Haystacks in Winter).
Jacksonville, Florida, Cummer Gallery of Art, American Favorites from the Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation and the David Warner Foundation, September 16-November 11, 1984 (as Haystack, Montclair).
Birmingham, Alabama, The Birmingham Museum of Art, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, January 30-March 29, 1987 (as Haystack, Montclair).
South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, December 9, 1989-February 4, 1990.
Waco, Texas, Sixth Annual Brazos Forum, 1990 (as Haystack, Montclair).
Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection, September 20, 1997-January 5, 1998.

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