Lot 23 | ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-1933)Early Spring, Pleasant Valley, Lyme,
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Connecticutsigned Vonnoh, l.r. - - oil on canvas24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (61.3 x 76.7 cm.)PROVENANCEThe artistM. A. Newhouse and Son, St. LouisKuno H. Struck, Davenport, lowaNew York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet (Sale: April 21, 1978, lot 76)EXHIBITEDPittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-Aug. 1982, pp. 88-89, illus. as Early Spring (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. 30On a 1921 photograph of the painting, Vonnoh dated the canvas circa 1916 and commented: "Pleasant Valley/Lyme Conn./painted 4 or 5 years ago./a pastoral Landscape/and a poets day/one could but reflect/at least, some of the/charm of such a time/and place - -/Robert Vonnoh." This photograph and the original invoice from M. A. Newhouse and Son accompany the lot.
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