Details

Provenance

Possibly Samuel P. Avery, New York, New York (possibly sale, Henry H. Leeds & Miner Galleries, New York, New York [Samuel P. Avery sale], Feb. 4, 1867, no. 94, as Delaware River) John F. Kensett, New York, New York until his death in 1872 Miss Elizabeth N. Kellogg, Brooklyn, New York, niece of Mr. Kensett, to 1913 George H. Ainslie, George Ainslie Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, Sep. 1913 Peter Winchester Rouss, Esq., New York, acquired from the above, Dec. 1913 Mrs. Peter Winchester Rouss, New York, by inheritance Sale, American Art Association, New York, French furniture, French and American Paintings : Including Examples by Henner, Cazin, Dupre, Vibert, Innes [sic], Wyant, Moran, Murphy ... comprising the entire contents of the former residence of Mrs. Peter W. Rouss at 320 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, N.Y , Oct. 22-24, 1936, lot 31 Bartholomew J. Barry, acquired at the above Mrs. Belle Schwarzmann (Mrs. Adolph Schwarzmann, sister-in-law of the above), New York, gift of the above Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Apr. 10 and 11, 1959, Valuable French XVIII Century Furniture and Objects of Art Belonging to the Late Belle Schwarzmann, lot 274 Cora Cavanagh Cushny (Mrs. Theodorus V. W. Cushny), Matinecock, NY and Lexington, KY, acquired at the above Estate of Cora Cavanagh Cushny

Condition

Wax lined. Flattened craquelure. Treatment Performed (Summer 2017) 1. Remove grime layer, discolored grey acrylic varnish from painting. 2. Apply new varnish of BEVA varnish (Regalrez resin with U V stabilizer).

Exhibited

Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Art Association, Catalogue of Pictures Exhibited at Their Fall Exhibition, [Part] I, no. 24, as Delaware River, Dec. 2-14, 1878

Literature

Fine Art; The Brooklyn Exhibition - Opening Reception Last Evening, New York Herald, Dec. 3, 1878, p. 8, described as a 'charming and early little George Inness Delaware River' LeRoy Ireland, The Works of George Inness, An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonne, University of Texas Press, 1965, no. 371, pp. 371-2