Early Morning
Artist
George Inness
(American, 1825 - 1894)
Dateca. 1890-1891
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions22 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches (57.8 x 73 cm)
Frame: 29 5/8 × 36 × 4 inches (75.2 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
Frame: 29 5/8 × 36 × 4 inches (75.2 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.38.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text“Everything in nature has something to say to us,” wrote Inness. Throughout his career, he had an emotional connection to nature. His painting style changed dramatically. Early in his career he painted realistic, tightly controlled landscapes. Later his style became more ethereal. He worked primarily in the East, but late in his career spent some time in California.
ProvenanceArtist[1]; purchased 1895 by George N. Miller; J. Alden Weir, New York, New York; Mrs. Malcolm Smith, New York; till 1948 (John Levy Galleries, New York, New York); purchased 1948 LeRoy Ireland, New York, New York; acquired 1949 by (Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas); purchased September 12, 1949 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
| 1. Estate of the Artist (sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, "George Inness executor's sale," February 12-14, 1895, no. 120, 1891, 22 1/2 x 29 in.)
On View
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John George Brown
Joseph Henry Sharp
