After a Spring Shower

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GEORGE INNESS (1825-1894)
After a Spring Shower
signed and dated 'G. Inness 1893' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 54 ¼ in. (101.6 x 137.8 cm.)
Painted in 1893.

Provenance

The artist.
Elizabeth Hart Inness, Montclair, New Jersey, wife of the above.
Helen Inness Hartley, New York, by descent from the above.
Macbeth Gallery, New York, circa 1906.
Henry Reinhardt Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1910.
Florence Scott Libbey, Toledo, Ohio.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1912.

Literature

(Probably) W.H. Downes, F.T. Robinson, "Some Living American Painters: Critical Conversations by Howe and Torrey," The Art Interchange, vol. XXXII, no. 4, April 1894, p. 101.
"The Autumn Academy," New York Daily Tribune, December 22, 1895, p. 7 (as After a Spring Shower at Montclair).
Toledo Museum of Art, Catalogue: Permanent Collection, Toledo, Ohio, 1913, p. 9.
L.M. Bryant, What Pictures to See in America, New York, 1915, p. 222.
"The Maurice A. Scott Gallery," Museum News: The Toledo Museum of Art, no. 82, June 1938, n.p.
L. Ireland, The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné, Austin, Texas, 1965, pp. 382-83, no. 1465, illustrated.
S.E. Strickler, The Toledo Museum of Art: American Paintings, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, pp. 65, 151, pl. 68, illustrated (as After a Spring Shower, Montclair).
N. Cikovsky, "The Civilized Landscape," in George Inness, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles, California, 1985, p. 41, fig. 21, illustrated (as After a Spring Shower, Montclair).
M. Quick, George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2007, p. 405, no. 1108, illustrated.
Q.R. Skrabec, Jr., Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2014, p. 148.

Exhibited

New York, Art House, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, First Annual Summer Exhibition, June 1893, no. 83.
New York, National Academy of Design, Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895-1896, no. 172.
(Possibly) New York, Vanderbilt Gallery, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, May 10-19, 1900, p. 9, no. 24.
(Possibly) Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition, 1912, p. 19, no. 49.

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Descriptif du lot

Following the National Academy of Design's exhibition of 1895-96—which included the present work—one contemporary critic lauded, "[There are] three noble landscapes by the late George Inness...They are so elevated in style, so rich in the expression of a rare and beautiful individuality, so fresh and convincing in their echo of nature's voice. The central canvas, in the row of three, is a large study called 'After a Spring Shower at Montclair.' It is quivering with vitality and is superb in its play of warm and mellow color." ("The Autumn Academy," New York Daily Tribune, December 22, 1895, p. 7) Indeed, the present work demonstrates Inness' sensitivities to the subtleties of nature and its seasonal changes, with the work's monumental scale heightening each detail and enveloping the viewer.

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