Autumn at Greenwood Lake, 1871

Provenance

Sale, Sotheby’s New York, New York, December 1, 1988, lot 24
Altman Burke Gallery, New York, New York
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
Private collection, North Carolina
A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings, L.L.C., Seattle, Washington
Debra Force Fine Art, New York, New York
Private collection, Washington, 2010-2015
Private collection, Washington
Sale, Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, October 30, 2025, lot 71

Literature

Kenneth Maddox and Anthony Speiser, Jasper F. Cropsey: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 2, 1864-1884 (Newington-Cropsey Foundation, 2019), 108 (cat no 1029), 109, 393.

This painting is included in the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s work by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation [NCF 264].

Related Works

Greenwood Lake, 1875, oil on canvas mounted on Masonite, 30⅛ x 55¾ inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wahington D.C

Greenwood Lake, 1870, oil on canvas, 38 x 69 inches; Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza,Madrid, Spain.

Autumn Landscape with View of a River, 1870, oil on canvas, 18 x 36 inches, signed lower left: J.F.C.;
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland.

Note:

A major breakthrough in Cropsey’s career came when he began traveling to Greenwood Lake, a place that held deep personal significance for him. Starting at the age of twenty, he visited the area regularly to sketch and at times lived in its vicinity. His connection to the region grew even stronger after he met Maria Cooley there, whom he later married. By the mid-1850s, Cropsey was a leading figure of the second-generation Hudson River School, having achieved substantial professional success. He secured prominent patrons such as the Vanderbilt family and, in recognition of his artistic achievements, received introductions to Queen Victoria during his time in London.[1] His work is held in the most esteemed American museum collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, amongst many others.

[1] Adelia Rasines and Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Jasper Francis Cropsey: Reminiscences of a Life (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Newington-Cropsey Foundation, 2013), 10, 12-13.