Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming John F. Kensett catalogue raisonné being prepared under the direction of Dr. John Driscoll.
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Property from the Estate of Richard J. Schwartz
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872)
Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York: A Study from Nature
Details
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872)
Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York: A Study from Nature
signed 'J.F. Kensett' and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1848.
Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York: A Study from Nature
signed 'J.F. Kensett' and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1848.
Provenance
The artist.
American Art-Union, New York.
A.G. Stephens, Bristol, Rhode Island, acquired from the above, 1848.
Alexander Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1994.
American Art-Union, New York.
A.G. Stephens, Bristol, Rhode Island, acquired from the above, 1848.
Alexander Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1994.
Literature
Transactions of the American Art-Union, For the Year 1848, New York, 1849, p. 68, no. 343 (as Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, N.J.).
G.F. Tuttle, The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle: Who Came from Old to New England in 1635, and Settled in New Haven in 1639, with Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches, Rutland, Vermont, 1883, p. 474 (as Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, N.J.).
J.P. Driscoll, J.K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett: An American Master, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, pp. 91-92, fig. 51, illustrated.
E.J. Harvey, The Painted Sketch: American Impressions from Nature, 1830-1880, New York, 1998, p. 65.
M. Tsaneva, John Frederick Kensett: 113 Masterpieces, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2014, p. 15, illustrated.
G.F. Tuttle, The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle: Who Came from Old to New England in 1635, and Settled in New Haven in 1639, with Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches, Rutland, Vermont, 1883, p. 474 (as Raven Hill, Elizabethtown, N.J.).
J.P. Driscoll, J.K. Howat, John Frederick Kensett: An American Master, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1985, pp. 91-92, fig. 51, illustrated.
E.J. Harvey, The Painted Sketch: American Impressions from Nature, 1830-1880, New York, 1998, p. 65.
M. Tsaneva, John Frederick Kensett: 113 Masterpieces, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2014, p. 15, illustrated.