Covered Bridge in Winter

Provenance

Private collection, New York, New York

Sale, Shannon’s, Milford, Connecticut, May 2, 2019, lot 87, from above

Private collection

Sale, Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 2022, lot 106, from above

Note: Covered bridges became an important subject matter for Eric Sloane. He traveled to many parts of the country and created his paintings from memory. In his 1985 book, he described, “I wrote the first book about American covered bridges. Since then I probably have painted as many as there are in the country. It was an exciting period in my life, which afforded me a fine consciousness of Americana.”_[1]

_[1] Eric Sloane, Eighty: An American Souvenir (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985), n.p.