Autumnal Evening, Housatonic Valley, 1882

Provenance

Private collection, Los Angeles

George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California, acquired from above

Related Works

Evening Sunset of the Housatonic River, oil on canvas, 11½ x 20 inches; The Canton Museum of Art, Ohio

Landscape, oil on canvas, 18¼ x 30¼ inches, signed lower right; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Note: The Housatonic Valley, also known as Greater Danbury, is a region in western Connecticut near the Housatonic River. George Herbert McCord took frequent sketching trips throughout New England and this work captures the beauty of the region’s autumnal foliage and scenic riverbanks.