Snow Bound, Woodstock, New York

Provenance

Christie’s, New York, New York, January 12, 1999, Lot 103
Shannon’s, Milford, Connecticut, October 24, 2024, Lot 58
Godel & Co., Bedford, New York

Related Works

The Harbor Light, ca. 1900-1910, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, signed lower left: Birge Harrison; Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana

Quebec from the Harbor, ca. 1910, oil on canvas, 19⅛ x 24 ¹⁄₁₆ inches, signed lower left: Birge Harrison; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Note

After studying in Paris with Carolus-Duran, John Singer Sargent’s teacher, Harrison settled in New York and later moved to Woodstock, where he founded a school devoted to landscape painting. In his article The Appeal of Winter Landscape, Harrison articulates his love for painting snowscapes, observing that “in terms of color and of decorative line, winter is far more beautiful than summer,” as “snow is never white” but reflects a myriad of tints and color.[1]

[1] Harrison Birge, “The Appeal of Winter Landscape,” Fine Arts Journal 30 (April 1, 1914): 6.