Landscape, Medfield, Mass., 1868

Provenance

Kraushaar Galleries, New York, by 1912

(Possibly) Private collection, James D. Gill, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1915

Henry Reinhardt, New York

Edwin A. Carter, Springfield Massachusetts, 1918

Nina G. Carter, Springfield Massachusetts

Sale, Plaza Art Galleries, New York, October 2-4, 1947, No. 349 (as Landscape, Medfield)

Leroy Ireland, New York, 1949

MacBeth Gallery, Inc., New York, New York, 1949

Ralph Henry Kruse, Pelham, New York, 1949

Private collection

Sale, Black Rock Galleries, Greenwich, Connecticut, May 28, 2025, Lot 0049

Exhibited

Albert du Vannes Gallery, New York, after October 1947

Literature

Michael Quick, George Inness, A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol I (Rutgers University Press, 2007), 185, 288.

Leroy Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonne (University of Texas Press, 1965), 108.

This painting has been authenticated and catalogued by Michael Quick in George Inness, A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol I (2007) and Leroy Ireland in The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonne (1965).

Related Works

Sundown, 1884, oil on canvas, 30 ⁵⁄₈ x 45 inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1869, oil on canvas, 11 ¾ x 17 ½ inches, signed and dated lower right: Geo. Inness 1865; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Note

Inness resided in Medfield, Massachusetts, first from 1860 to 1864 and later from 1875 to 1876. Paintings such as Landscape, Medfield, Mass. formed a significant part of his oeuvre during the 1860s. Distinguished by their small format, quiet intimacy, and serene atmosphere, these works were conceived for private appreciation rather than public display.[1] In The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, the author cites a 1912 letter from the artist’s son, George Inness Jr.—himself a painter—attesting to the authenticity of the work: “I have looked at the little picture, and in my opinion it was painted by my father, the late George Inness. It is very beautiful in color.”[2]

[1] Nicolai Cikovsky et al. George Inness (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985), 90.

[2] Leroy Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonne (University of Texas Press, 1965), 108.