LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

26.26 in. (66.70 cm.) (height) by 35.98 in. (91.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'G.H. Durrie/1854' (lower right)--inscribed with title (on a sign on the tree)

Literature:

M. Young Hutson, George Henry Durrie (1820-1863), American Winter Landscapist: Renowned Through Currier and Ives, Santa Barbara, California, 1977, p. 221, no. 155.

Provenance:

Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Arthur D. Weekes, Jr., Oyster Bay, New York. Mrs. Katharine M.A. Sands, Oyster Bay, New York, wife of the above, by descent. Estate of the above. Doyle, New York, 4 December 1991, lot 31, sold by the above. Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1991.