M-112-0052
GEORGE INNESS Oil on Canvas Painting, Valley near Perugia
$45,000.00
DETAILS
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
FRAMING
Gilt framed
LITERATURE
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, 1965, pp. 97-8, no. 388, illustrated
M. Quick, George Inness - A Catalogue Raisonné, New Brunswick, 2007, vol. I, p. 386, no. 405, illustrated. Valley Near Perugia bears an old inscription reading Delaware Valley and was catalogued as such, and dated to circa 1871 by Leroy Ireland in The Works of George Inness (Austin, 1965, p. 97-98, no. 388, illustrated). More recent scholarship by Michael Quick rightly relates the painting to an 1872 Inness entitled Near Perugia (Ireland, Works, pp. 151-152, no. 619, illustrated) and an 1873 painting The Perugian Valley, inscribed "Rome" (Ireland, Works, pp. 156-157, no. 641).
M. Quick, George Inness - A Catalogue Raisonné, New Brunswick, 2007, vol. I, p. 386, no. 405, illustrated. Valley Near Perugia bears an old inscription reading Delaware Valley and was catalogued as such, and dated to circa 1871 by Leroy Ireland in The Works of George Inness (Austin, 1965, p. 97-98, no. 388, illustrated). More recent scholarship by Michael Quick rightly relates the painting to an 1872 Inness entitled Near Perugia (Ireland, Works, pp. 151-152, no. 619, illustrated) and an 1873 painting The Perugian Valley, inscribed "Rome" (Ireland, Works, pp. 156-157, no. 641).
PROVENANCE
The artist;
Mrs. George (Elizabeth Hart) Inness (the artist's wife);
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Inness Executor's Sale, February 11-13, 1904, cat. no. 117;
Thomas E.H. Curtis, New York City, 1904;
Anderson Auction Galleries, November 14, 1918, cat. no. 60 (Curtis Sale);
Henry Schultheis, New York;
Private collection, circa 1920s;
By descent in the family;
Private collection, New York
Mrs. George (Elizabeth Hart) Inness (the artist's wife);
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Inness Executor's Sale, February 11-13, 1904, cat. no. 117;
Thomas E.H. Curtis, New York City, 1904;
Anderson Auction Galleries, November 14, 1918, cat. no. 60 (Curtis Sale);
Henry Schultheis, New York;
Private collection, circa 1920s;
By descent in the family;
Private collection, New York
PLACE OF ORIGIN
United States
MAKER
George Inness (American, 1825-94) | Active: New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey
MARKS
Signed (lower right): G. Inness
PERIOD
Late 19th century
DATE
Dated 1871
DIMENSIONS
Width 30.75 Depth 4 Height 36 inches
Canvas: Width 19 Height 24.5 inches
Sight: Width 18.75 Height 23 inches
Sight: Width 18.75 Height 23 inches
CONDITION
Note: relined and revarnished canvas; under UV examination, minor in-painting in top left, upper right, and lower right corners, several dots of in-painting in upper left sky, scattered dots in brown foliage of lower left quadrant, and in brown foliage behind tree trunks of lower right quadrant. Otherwise very good condition.
