Autumn Sundown

Provenance

Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1960
Private collection, by descent from above, New Hampshire
Sale, Swann Auction Galleries, September 18, 2025, lot 178

Related Work

Barn in the Valley, oil on masonite, 17 ½ x 22 ¾ inches, signed lower left: Eric SLOANE; Burchfield Penny Art Center, SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo, New York

Note

In 1925, Sloane traveled throughout the Northeast, developing a deep appreciation for early American history, culture, and architecture, especially covered bridges, barns, and colonial-era homes. Known as an “expert of early Americana,” he saw these structures as windows into the nation’s past, embodying the spirit of early America even as they became relics of a vanishing history.[1] Sloane’s work is held in museum collections including the Bennington Center for the Arts, the Burchfield Penny Art Center at SUNY, and the Addison Gallery of American Art.

[1] James M. Mauch, Aware: A Retrospective of the Life and Work of Eric Sloane (Garrigues House, Publishers, 2000), 102.