Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists
Auction: December 6, 2015 2:00:00 PM EDT
Oil on canvas
18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9cm)
Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York.
The Collection of Philip H. Hamerslough (1894-1978), Hartford, Connecticut.
Estate of Philip H. Hamerslough, Jr. (1920-2013) and Edith Hamerslough (1921-2015), Rye, New York.
EXHIBITED:
"George Henry Durrie, Connecticut Artist, 1820-1863", New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, Connecticut, April 20 - June 1, 1966, no. 30.
LITERATURE:
Martha Young Hutson, George Henry Durrie (1820-1863), American Winter Landscapist: Renowned Through Currier and Ives, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1977, p. 217, no. 88.
NOTE:
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Durrie remained in that city for most of his life. Primarily a landscape painter, he often depicted local landmarks such as East Rock (seen here) and West Rock, as well as genre scenes of rural life. The present painting is dated ca. 1849.