George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
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George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)

Returning to the Farm (Yellow Farmhouse in Winter)

Details
George Henry Durrie (1820-1863)
Returning to the Farm (Yellow Farmhouse in Winter)
oil on board
9 x 13 3/8 in. (22.9 x 34 cm.)
Painted circa 1862.
Provenance
Private collection, circa 1880.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
M.Y. Hutson, George Henry Durrie (1820-1863), American Winter Landscapist: Renowned Through Currier and Ives, Santa Barbara, California, 1977, pp. 157, 224, no. 216, fig. 164, illustrated.
Exhibited
New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven Colony Historical Society, George Henry Durrie: Connecticut Artist, 1820-1863, April 20-June 1, 1966, pp. 31-32, no. 37, illustrated (as Yellow Farm House in Winter).
Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and elsewhere, George Henry Durrie (1820-1863), American Winter Landscapist: Renowned Through Currier and Ives, December 4, 1977-January 5, 1978, no. 216.
New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven Museum and Historical Society, 2010-12, on loan.

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A larger version of this work is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.

We would like to thank Martha Hutson-Saxton for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.

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