Lot 13 | JULIAN ALDEN WEIR (1852-1919)The Birchessigned J. Alden Weir and dated
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1903, l.l. - - oil on canvas 4 x 27 1/8 in. (86.3 x 68.9 cm.)PROVENANCECharles H. Bayley, BostonDr. and Mrs. Jansen, Hoornbeeck, VermontSchweitzer Gallery, Inc., New YorkPrivate collection, Wellesley, MassachusettsVose Galleries, Inc., BostonEXHIBITEDBoston, Boston Art Club, 65th Exhibition, 1904, no. 61 as Upland PastureBoston, Museum of Fine Arts, on loan, 1911 as Autumn Flushing, New York, Queens Museum, Cows, 1976, no. 71 as Upland PasturePittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-Aug. 1982, pp. 92-93, illus. (this exhibition travelled to various locations, 1982-1987)Youngstown, Youngstown State University, The John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Oct. 1991-May 1992, p. 25; 30, illus.LITERATUREO. Rodriguez Roque, "American Impressionist Paintings in the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. John J. McDonough," Antiques, Nov. 1985, p. 1006, plate V, illus.This work was painted in Branchville, Connecticut, where the artist owned two farms. It is listed in Dorothy Weir Young's Records of the Paintings of J. Alden Weir, pp. 288-288A, as The Birches. Charles H. Bayley purchased this painting after viewing it at the Boston Art Club in 1904.


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