A Mountain Trail, Colorado, 1868
by Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910)10⅞ x 15⅝ inches
Signed lower left: W. Whittredge.; on verso: A mountain Trail. Colorado / by W. Whittredge / 1868
Provenance
Othniel Charles Marsh, New Haven, Connecticut
Estate of above
Sale, Anderson Art Galleries, New York, New York, February 27, 1900, lot 98, from above
George Hubbard Pepper, Washington, DC
Private collection
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, November 30, 1995, lot 34, from above
Maryann and Al Friedman, Washington, DC, acquired from above
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, January 20, 2024, lot 7, from above
Related Work
Foothills Colorado, ca. 1870, oil on paper, 11¾ x 19¾ inches; Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Note: Othniel Charles Marsh was a professor of paleontology at Yale College and one of the leading figures in the field, having written about dozens of new species.
Maryann and Al Friedman assembled an incredible array of Hudson River School paintings over decades of collecting.
Artist Biography
Landscape painter of the Hudson River School known for his forest interiors and mountain vistas
By Eve Perry
Whittredge’s Edenic forest scenes, painted in the Hudson River School style, reveal a highly personal quality that comes from the artist’s great affection for the land he depicts.
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