Hillside at Étretat, 1876

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 65.41 × 97.47 cm (25 3/4 × 38 3/8 in.)

framed: 82.55 × 114.3 × 5.08 cm (32 1/2 × 45 × 2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund and William A. Clark Fund)

Accession Number

2014.136.79

Artists / Makers

George Inness (painter) American, 1825 - 1894

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: G. Inness 1876

Provenance

(Sale, Leavitt Art Galleries, New York, 20 February 1879, as Etretat, Coast of France). Edward N. Gibbs, New York; by descent to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gibbs Sherrill, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. (Childs Gallery, Boston); purchased 27 April 1959 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Childs Gallery
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Gibbs Sherrill Mrs.
Gibbs, Edward N.
Leavitt Art Rooms

Exhibition History

1963: Progress of an American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 25 October-29 December 1963, unpublished checklist.

1965: The Paintings of George Inness (1844-1894), University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, 1965-1966, no. 64.

1971: Loan, U. S. Embassy, Rome, 1971-1972.

1975: Long-term Loan, Office of the Vice President, Washington, 1975-1977.

1985: George Inness, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.

1985: Long-term Loan, United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, 1985-1988.

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 303, repro.