Autumn Afternoon on Lake George

1864

John Frederick Kensett

Painter, American, 1816 - 1872

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Artwork history & notes

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

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.

Wikidata ID

Q46629260


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