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拍品 38
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THOMAS COLE | Indians Viewing Landscape

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80,000 - 120,000 USD
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描述

  • Thomas Cole
  • Indians Viewing Landscape
  • signed T. Col* indistinctly (on the reverse)
  • oil on panel
  • 6 by 7  7/8  inches
  • (15.2 by 20 cm)
  • Painted circa 1840.

來源

Worthington Whittredge, Summit, New Jersey (the artist)
Estate of the above
Acquired by the present owner, by 1978

展覽

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Miniature Exhibition, December 1978-February 1979
New York, Alexander Gallery, Landscapes of the Hudson River School: First Public Exhibition of a Private Collection, November 1979
University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School on Loan from a Friend of the Museum of Art, January-March 1981, no. 13, pp. 16, 19, 58, 123, illustrated p. 17
Newark, Delaware, University Gallery, University of Delaware, An Intimate View: Hudson River Landscapes from a Private Collection, April-May 1985
Ithaca, New York, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, The American Landscape, January-February 1995
Annville, Pennsylvania, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Passages: Images of Transition in 19th-Century American Landscape Painting, August-October 1995
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; New York, The National Academy, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School, August 1997-September 1999, pp. 18, 50, illustrated p. 51

Condition

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes, Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This small work is in beautiful condition. The panel on which it is painted is flat. The paint layer is cleaned and varnished. There has been no discoloration and the colors have remained true. In the dark colors in the lower left there are six small retouches and two in the dark cave in the lower right. There are two more small retouches in the lighter part of the cliff in the upper right. There is a thin diagonal scratch in the green hill beyond the figures measuring about ¼ inch long. There is one retouch in the upper center sky and another on the top edge in the upper right. These retouches are all minor and the work should be hung as is.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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拍品資料及來源

In his description of this work, the scholar Dr. John Driscoll writes: "When the human figure appears in these paintings, it is usually fulfilling one of three basic purposes. The simplest purpose is that of a technical nature, acting as a conduit through which the viewer gains unimpeded entrance to the scene. The second role for humankind is that of enjoying, in genre-like fashion, the landscape. Finally, the most telling, is the inclusion of the human figure as a counterpoint to the landscape that conveys a sense of wonder, of awe, or perhaps one of fear or terror before the imponderable character of nature. The best paintings, of course, have the figure serving all three purposes at once" (All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School on Loan from a Friend of the Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1983, pp. 16, 19).