George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
Property of a Mississippi Collector
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)

Woodsman in Winter

Details
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
Woodsman in Winter
signed 'Durrie' (on log in lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1858.
Provenance
Harry Shaw Newman Gallery, New York, 1946.
Mr. and Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen, Morristown, New Jersey, circa 1947.
Christie's, New York, 18 March 1983, lot 146A.
Richard High Carleton.
The Physicians Planning Service Corp., Deerfield Beach, Florida.
Christie's, New York, 3 December 1993, lot 120.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Wadsworth Atheneum, George Henry Durrie, 1820-1863: Connecticut Painter of American Life, exhibition catalogue, 1947, n.p., no. 19, illustrated.
R. Lunny, Snow Pieces of George Henry Durrie, exhibition catalogue, Newark, New Jersey, 1959, n.p., no. 7.
M.Y. Hutson, George Henry Durrie, 1820-1863: American Winter Landscapist, Santa Barbara, California, 1977, pp. 108, 222, fig. 111, illustrated (as Woodsman Felling Trees, Winter).
Exhibited
Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, George Henry Durrie: Connecticut Painter of American Life, March 12-April 12, 1947, no. 19.
Newark, New Jersey, New Jersey Historical Center, Snow Pieces of George Henry Durrie, 1959, no. 7.

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