ID 1360591
Lot 311 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
Waterfall in the Woods with Indians
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'JFK.50' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 x 23 ¾ in. (43.2 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted in 1850.
Provenance
Fanya Worth, Miami, Florida.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1973.
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 4 December 2003, lot 17, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
K. Myers, The Catskills: Painters, Writers and Tourists in the Mountains, 1820-1895, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1988, p. 72, fig. 16, illustrated.
J. Simon, "Sanford R. Gifford's Kaaterskill Falls: A Place of Intimate Immensity," Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 67, no. 4, 1993, pp. 6, 9, fig. 7, illustrated.
K.J. Avery, F. Kelly, eds., Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2003, p. 203n6.
Exhibited
Austin, Texas, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, American Landscape Painting: 1850-1900, September 7-October 17, 1976.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, West Comes East: Frontier Painting and Sculpture from the Amon Carter Museum, April 25-June 24, 1979, no. 25.
| Artist: | John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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