id:			109238
accession number:	1927.387
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.387
updated:		2023-12-08 21:47:36.292000

Durham, Connecticut, 1858. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Oil on canvas; unframed: 39.3 x 67.3 cm (15 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Gift 1927.387

title:				Durham, Connecticut
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creation date:			1858
creation date earliest:		1858
creation date latest:		1858
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creditline:			The Charles W. Harkness Gift
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* George Inness (American, 1825–1894)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 39.3 x 67.3 cm (15 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  G. Inness [infrared shows a second signature:  G. Inness 1858]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
	opening date:   1937-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).

	title:		Paintings by George Inness
	opening date:   1965-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Paintings by George Inness</i>. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (organizer) (December 12, 1965-January 30, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* New York, American Art Galleries, Sale: The Private Collection of Foreign and American Paintings formed by Emerson McMillin, Esq. of New York (20-23 January 1913), cat. no. 85.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October 1936), cat. no. 360, listed p. 134, not illus. <br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, An Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 99, listed p. 28. <br>Springfield, Mass, The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, George Inness: An American Landscape Painter, 1825-1894 (25 February-24 March 1946); traveled to Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum (5 April-12 May 1946); Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum (19 May-23 June 1946), cat. no. 28, listed p. 79, illus. p. 45, plate 27. <br>Oxford, Ohio, Miami University, Sesquicentennial Celebration (15 May-15 June 1959). <br>Austin, Texas, University Art Museum of The University of Texas, The Paintings of George Inness (1844-1894) (12 December 1965-30 January 1966), cat. no. 74, listed p. 28, not illus. <br>Mansfield, Ohio, The Mansfield Art Center, The American Landscape (8 March-5 April 1981), cat. no. 10, not illus. <br>Springfield, Mass, The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Arcadian Vales: Views of the Connecticut River Valley (22 November 1981-7 February 1982); traveled to Middleton, Connecticut, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University (4 March-4 April 1982), cat. no. 25, illus. p. 46.

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PROVENANCE

	Paulding Farnham, New York; Emerson McMillin (New York sale 1913); Charles W. Harkness, New York (1916); Edward S. Harkness, New York
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 63.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 63
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090

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