New Acquisitions
Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut
32¼ x 26½ inches
Signed lower right: —-Eric / Sloane
Provenance
Sale, Scottsdale Art Auction, Scottsdale, Arizona, June 13, 2020, lot 73 (as Cornwall Bridge)
Private collection, Birmingham, Alabama
Related Works
Vermont Hill Farm, 1950, oil on masonite, 28 x 32 inches; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Barn in the Valley, oil on masonite, 17½ x 22¾ inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo, New York
Note
Eric Sloane, entranced by the natural landscapes of America, spent much of his artistic career traveling across the country, articulating these landscapes in his writing, drawings, and paintings. Sloane was particularly drawn to New England in the fall, characterized by rich colors and architectural structures such as barns and covered bridges. In Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, through vibrant, trodden foliage and crisp shadows, Sloane captures the spirit of the changing seasons and depicts a rural idyll.
