The Woods, Monhegan Island

Provenance

The artist

Violet Organ, sister-in-law of above

Alice Osofsky, New York, New York

Sale, Brunk, Asheville, North Carolina, March 25, 2023, lot 1046, from above

Exhibited

(Probably) Milch Galleries, New York, New York, Paintings by Robert Henri, February 28–March 12, 1918

(Probably) Montross Gallery, New York, New York, Woodland Pictures by Robert Henri, 1918

The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1919

(Probably) The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, Paintings by Robert Henri, April 4–May 1, 1919

(Probably) Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, Woodland Pastels by Robert Henri, June–July 1919

National Arts Club, New York, New York, 1920

Related Works

Cathedral Woods, Monhegan Island, 1911, oil on canvas, 31⅞ x 25⅞ inches; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio

Where the Trees are Dying, 1918, pastel on heavy wove paper, 12 7/16 x 19⅞ inches; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Note: This painting is recorded in Robert Henri’s journals under the number 288/k/2.

Robert Henri created many works in pastel while visiting Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine.  The dense woodland and rare plant life on the island offered the artist a variety of textures and colors for his compositions as well as shifting patterns of light and shadow.

Alice Osofsky was a respected New York art dealer and collector who sold noted works of art to many prominent art institutions.