Delaware Valley before the Storm

Artist George Inness (American, 1825 - 1894)

Dateca. 1860

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFramed: H 16 x W 20 in. (H 40.6 x W 50.8 cm)
Image: H 14 x W 10 in. (H 35.6 x W 25.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1944 Wallace M. Scudder Bequest Fund

Object number44.185

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On view

Object NamePainting

Title Details

Primary Title Delaware Valley before the Storm

Remarks verso labels, inscription

Descriptive Title Delaware Valley

Remarks back of stretcher inscription

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. black paint "G. Inness."; stretcher: u.c. on conservation tape " - 'Delaware Valley' - George Inness"; stretcher: c.l. "II" [roman numeral '2']Marks and Labels/Stampsback of frame: l.c. stamp "MADE IN HOLLAND"; old backing: u.l. label, "artist: George Inness / title: DELAWARE VALLEY BEFORE THE / STORM, undated / no: 14 medium: Oil / exhibition no. and title: 59-34 / MAJOR WORK IN MINOR SCALE / lender: Newark Museum / Newark, New Jersey / circulation dates: Dec 59 - Dec 60 / THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS / 1083 Fifth Avenue - New York 28, N.Y."; old backing: c.l. label "ART PACKERS / HAHN BROTHERS / FIREPROOF WAREHOUSES, INC. / NEW YORK, N.Y. / EAST SIDE / 231 E. 55 ST. PL 3-3662 / WEST SIDE / 112 W. 107 ST. AC 2-3670 / NAME 59-34 / BOX 4 / PIECE #14"; old backing: c.r. label "CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART / Exhibition: Delaware Water Gap / Dates: July 11 - August 17, 1975 / Title: Delaware Valley Before the Storm / Catalogue No.: / Lender: Newark Museum"ProvenanceMilch Gallery, New York, New YorkExhibition History"Small, But Sublime: Intimate Views by Bierstadt, Cropsey and Inness", The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (March 18, 2008 - February 28, 2010); Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (May 15 - September 5, 2010)
"18-19th Century Pottery of Middlesex & Monmouth Counties" East Brunswick Historical Society, East Brunswick, New Jersey (November 1996)
"Delaware Water Gap", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., (July - August 1975)
American Federation of Arts, New York, New York (November 2, 1959-January 26, 1961)

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