id:			109239
accession number:	1927.388
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.388
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:35.770000

A Winter Sky, 1866. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Oil on canvas; framed: 82 x 102 x 11.5 cm (32 5/16 x 40 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 56 x 77.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Gift 1927.388

title:				A Winter Sky
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creation date:			1866
creation date earliest:		1866
creation date latest:		1866
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creditline:			The Charles W. Harkness Gift
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culture:	America
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: Framed: 82 x 102 x 11.5 cm (32 5/16 x 40 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 56 x 77.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower left:  Geo Inness 1866
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		George Inness Retrospective
	opening date:   1962-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>George Inness Retrospective</i>. Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, WI (organizer) (October 1-31, 1962).

	title:		Luminous Landscape: The American Study of Light, 1860-1875
	opening date:   1966-04-18T05:00:00
	<i>Luminous Landscape: The American Study of Light, 1860-1875</i>. Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (April 18-May 11, 1966).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		George Inness and the Visionary Landscape
	opening date:   2003-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>George Inness and the Visionary Landscape</i>. National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY (organizer) (September 17-December 28, 2003); San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (January 24-April 18, 2004).

	title:		Julie Mehretu: Portals
	opening date:   2022-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Julie Mehretu: Portals</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 13, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Leavitt Art Rooms, Hurlbert Sale (New York, 1883), cat. no. 46 as A Winter Sky; this records the 31 May 1883 sale of this painting from the William Henry Hurlbert collection.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Oshkosh, Wisconsin, The Paine Art Center, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by George Inness (2 October-28 October 1962), cat. no. 9 as Winter, Close of Day.', 'opening_date': '1962-10-02T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Luminous Landscape: The American Study of Light, 1860-1875 (18 April-11 May 1966), cat. no. 24, illus. as Winter, Close of Day.', 'opening_date': '1966-04-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West (17 February-21 March 1982)', 'opening_date': '1982-02-17T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Inness (1 April-9 June 1985); traveled to Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (21 August-6 October 1985); Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (10 November 1985-12 January 1986); Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (20 February-11 May 1986); Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (22 June-7 September 1986), cat. no. 13, pp. 102-103, illus. p. 103.', 'opening_date': '1985-04-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, National Academy of Design, The Art of George Inness: A Visionary Perspective ( 17 September-12 December 2003); traveled to San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art (24 January-18 April 2004); illus. cat. no. 10, p. 81.', 'opening_date': '2003-09-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	William H. Hurlbut (Sale: Leavitt Art Rooms, New York, 31 May 1883, cat. no. 46 as A Winter Sky);
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	Charles Harkness, New York (1916)
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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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