In the Ramapo Valley, 1883

Provenance

Sale, William Doyle Galleries, New York, New York, September 23, 1981, lot 27 (as Greenwood Lake, New Jersey)

Richard Weimer, Darien, Connecticut, acquired from above

Private collection, Pleasantville, New York, 1981–2008

Private collection, by descent from above, 2008–2010

Menconi + Schoelkopf Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, 2010

Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2011

Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above

Literature

Anthony M. Speiser, Jasper Francis Cropsey: Catalogue Raisonné, Works in Oil, Volume Two: 1864–1884, (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: Newington-Cropsey Foundation, 2016), 313, no. 1734

Related Works

Autumn on the Ramapo River—Erie Railway, 1876, oil on canvas, 37⅛ x 63⅛ inches; St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Vermont

In the Ramapo Valley, 1881, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, signed and dated lower right; Private collection

October in the Ramapo Valley, 1885, pen and black ink with graphite on board, 6 9/16 x 10 9/16 inches, signed and dated lower right; National Academy of Design, New York, New York

Note: The Ramapo Valley surrounds the Ramapo River in New York near the New Jersey state line. Jasper Francis Cropsey created numerous depictions of the area throughout his career. The rolling hills and wooded landscape provided the artist with ample subject matter for his autumnal scenes, and he owned a home in nearby Warwick, New York. Cropsey exhibited a larger depiction of the Ramapo Valley at the National Academy of Design.