SOLD Watching the Regatta Near Newburgh, New York
by George Herbert McCord (1848–1909)12 x 9 inches
Signed lower right: Herbert McCord
Provenance
Mrs. George Arden, New York
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, March 11, 1993, lot 34, from above
Kenneth Lux Gallery, New York, New York, acquired from above
Tommie And MC McClung, Dallas, Texas
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, January 18, 2024, lot 275, from above
Note: Newburgh is a city in Orange County, New York, along the Hudson River. In this work, George Herbert McCord depicts a lone figure overlooking a sailing race on the river below.
Artist Biography
George McCord was a central member of the Hudson River School’s second generation of artists. Based in New York, McCord traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe to create his atmospheric landscapes and seascapes. He was part of a select group of painters sponsored by the Sante Fe Railroad to paint scenes of the Grand Canyon and was commissioned to create paintings of the landscape surrounding Andrew Carnegie’s castle in Scotland. McCord won medals from the New Orleans Exposition, the Mechanics Institute of Boston, and the St. Louis Exposition and regularly exhibited at the National Academy of Design, Brooklyn
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