Lot Essay
The present work possibly depicts Mount Madison, part of the Presidential Range of New Hampshire.
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On the Androscoggin
Details
Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
On the Androscoggin
signed and dated 'S R Gifford/1863' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 ¾ x 22 ¾ in. (32.4 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1863.
On the Androscoggin
signed and dated 'S R Gifford/1863' (lower left)
oil on canvas
12 ¾ x 22 ¾ in. (32.4 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1863.
Provenance
The artist.
Robert Gordon, New York, acquired from the above.
Mrs. Lucy Tinker, New Milton Village, Hampshire, England.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1977, lot 17.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Robert Gordon, New York, acquired from the above.
Mrs. Lucy Tinker, New Milton Village, Hampshire, England.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1977, lot 17.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
I. Weiss, Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford, Newark, Delaware, 1987, pp. 216-17, illustrated.
K.J. Avery, F. Kelly, eds., Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2003, p. 120.
K.J. Avery, F. Kelly, eds., Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2003, p. 120.