Afternoon, Lake George

Provenance

Private collection, London
Godel & Co., Bedford, New York, acquired from above, 1986
Private collection, New Jersey, acquired from above, 1986
Godel & Co., Bedford, New York, acquired from above, 1991
Private collection, Maine
Sale, Sotheby’s New York, New York, January 19, 2024, Lot 67, from above

Related Works

Storm King on the Hudson, 1866, oil on canvas, 32 ¹⁄₈ x 59 ⁷⁄₈  inches, signed and dated lower right: S. COLMAN. 66.; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Spanish Peaks, Southern Colorado, Late Afternoon, 1887, oil on canvas, 31 ¹⁄₈ x 72 ¼   inches, signed and dated lower right: Samuel Colman 1887; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Note

Colman, a second-generation Hudson River painter, was known for his quiet, poetic landscapes. Trained by Asher Durand, he later absorbed the influence of George Inness. During his travels throughout Europe in the 1860s, he began to shift toward a more personal and evocative style and his works is found in many of the nation’s best museum collections including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.