Autumn Afternoon on Lake George, 1864

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 123.83 × 184.15 cm (48 3/4 × 72 1/2 in.)

framed: 169.55 × 229.87 × 15.24 cm (66 3/4 × 90 1/2 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund)

Accession Number

2014.136.116

Artists / Makers

John Frederick Kensett (painter) American, 1816 - 1872

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Provenance

Robert M. Olyphant [1824-1918], New York, by 1867;[1] (his sale, by Robert Somerville at Chickering Hall , New York, 18-19 December 1877, 2nd day, no. 162, as October Afternoon, [Lake George]); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] The painting was lent by Olyphant to the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Olyphant, Robert M.
Sale, New York

Exhibition History

1867: Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, as Lake George in Autumn.

1968: John Frederick Kensett, 1816-1872, circulated by American Federation of Arts, New York, 1968, no. 35, repro. (venues: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1970: Loan for use in Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State, Washington, April 1970.

1976: The Natural Paradise: Painting in America, 1800-1950, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1 October - 30 November 1976, no. 86.

Bibliography

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 30, 305, repro.