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George Inness
October1882 or 1886

On view:
Geffen Galleries, floor 1
Oil painting landscape with autumn trees, a shallow reflecting pond, and a lone small figure in a dark dress standing in an open meadow beneath a cloudy sky

George Inness, October, 1882 or 1886, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Paul Rodman Mabury Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
George Inness
United States, New York, Newburgh, 1825-1894
Title
October
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1882 or 1886
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Panel: 19 15/16 × 29 7/8 in. (50.7 × 75.9 cm) Framed: 30 × 40 1/4 in. (76.2 × 102.24 cm)
Credit Line
Paul Rodman Mabury Collection
Accession Number
39.12.12
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Provenance

The artist, to 1894 § Estate of the artist, 1895 (sale, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, New York, 1895, no. 230, as Near My Studio, Milton, dated 1882) § W. A. White, Boston, from 1895 § Alfred T. White (by descent), Brooklyn, to 1920 § Mrs. Adrian Van Sinderen (by descent), Brooklyn, 1920-21, as October § With Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1921 § Paul Rodman Mabury, Los Angeles, 1921-39, as Autumn Landscape.

Estate of the artist, 1895 (sale, New York, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, 1895, lot 230, as Near My Studio, Milton, dated 1882, to); William Augustus White (1843–1927), Boston, gifted in 1895 to brother; Alfred Treadway White (1846–1921), Brooklyn, gifted in 1920 to daughter; Annie Jean Van Sinderen (née White, 1888–1968), Brooklyn, sold 1920 to; [Macbeth Gallery, New York, as October, sold 1921 to]; Paul Rodman Mabury (1869–1939), Los Angeles, as Autumn Landscape, bequeathed 1939 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.
  • Cikovsky, Nicolai J.; Michael Quick. George Inness. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • Cleveland, David A. A History of American Tonalism: 1880-1920. New York: Winsted Press, 2017.

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