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"tombstone": "An October Day in the White Mountains, 1854. John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816\u20131872). Oil on canvas; framed: 107.6 x 152.1 x 12.7 cm (42 3/8 x 59 7/8 x 5 in.); unframed: 79.8 x 123.5 cm (31 7/16 x 48 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund and various donors by exchange, 1967.5",
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"title": "An October Day in the White Mountains",
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"description": "New York, The National Academy of Design, 1855.",
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"description": "Saratoga Springs, NY, Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, John Frederick Kensett: A Retrospective Exhibition (13 April-3 May 1967), cat. no. 6, illus. fig. no. 4.",
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"description": "Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, John Frederick Kensett: An American Master (24 March-9 June 1985); traveled to Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (11 July-8 September 1985); to New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (29 October 1985-19 January 1986), cat. not numbered, illus. plate 5.",
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"description": "(Sloan & Roman, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the \n Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"It is not known precisely how and when Sloan & Roman acquired the painting, although an unsourced reference in the museum's curatorial file from 1968 states that the gallery purchased the painting at a warehouse sale in Bronxville, New York. A search of Art Prices Current from 1907-1973 yielded no mention of this painting, and its traceable whereabouts after leaving the collection of George Talbot Olyphant until its acquisition by Sloan & Roman remain unknown.
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"description": "George Talbot Olyphant [1819-1873], New York",
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" The 1858 catalogue of the Annual Exhibition of the Washington Art Association lists \u201cT. Olyphant\u201d as the \u201cpossessor\u201d of this painting, most likely referring to Robert Olyphant\u2019s brother, George Talbot Olyphant, president of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, who went by \u201cTalbot.\u201d The circumstances under which the painting passed from Robert to Talbot are not known. Also unknown is the disposition of the painting after Talbot\u2019s death; the posthumous 1875 sale of his collection does not include this painting. Apparently the painting did not make its way back to Robert after Talbot\u2019s death, because sales of Robert\u2019s collection held in 1877 and (posthumously) 1919 do not include it.
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"description": "Robert Morrison Olyphant [1824-1918], New York, NY, probably to his brother, George Talbot Olyphant",
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"1John F. Kensett\u2019s register of paintings sold shows that Robert Morrison Olyphant, a close friend and patron of the artist, purchased the painting in 1855 for $500. It was purchased shortly after the National Academy of Design exhibition of that year, the catalogue of which does not indicate the painting was for sale, as was the case with other works in the exhibition.
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"did_you_know": "Kensett was a selfless individual known for his charity work and helping fellow artists.",
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"description": "After railroad service to the area was improved in the early 1850s, the White Mountains in New Hampshire became a favored destination for tourists and artists seeking to commune with nature. New York-based Kensett painted several views, including this distant rendering across the Saco River of Mount Chocorua, one of the most distinctive peaks in the region.",
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"citation": "Cobb, Josephine. The Washington Art Association: An Exhibition Record, 1856-1860. [Washington, D.C.]: [Columbia Historical Society], 1969.",
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"citation": "\u201cYear in Review.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302\u2013346.",
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"citation": "\u201cAnnual Report for 1967.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 6 (June 1968): 167\u2013205.",
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"citation": "\u201cA Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21\u201335.",
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