JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY "October - Hastings on Hudson, New York"

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American (1823-1900) pencil, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 (sight), signed and dated 1887 lower left, inscribed lower center " "October" size of canvas 47 x 32, By J.F. Cropsey N. A., Hastings-on-Hudson N. Y." and dated 1887. Provenance: Private collection, Williamsville, New York. According to Kenneth W. Maddox of the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, "The drawing was made by Cropsey to be used as an illustration, no. 448, in the catalogue, National Academy Notes, published by Cassell & Co. in 1887. At this time the National Academy was publishing catalogues to its exhibition with photographic illustrations taken from drawings done by the artists of their own works. The painting, October, 1887, 32 x 47, is in the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California. Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. refers to the artist's address, not the subject. The bridge seen in the drawing appears in over 35 paintings by Cropsey, all of which represent the Ramapo Valley. Cropsey was partial to the bridge as he thought it added a "picturesque" quality to his composition. The bridges were originally built by the miners in the area to haul ore to the nearby furnaces and foundries, but after the Civil War had fallen into disrepair."

AMERICAN SCHOOL "Spilt Milk"

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20th C oil on canvas, 36 x 30, initialed ''EL''? lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Springfield, Massachusetts.

CARL WILLIAM PETERS "A New England Town in Winter "

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American (1897-1980) oil on canvas, 20 x 24, A stamp of authenticity signed by the artist's daughter, Elaine Peters Woodbury, on the reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist.

EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE "Winter Landscape"

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American (1896-1978) oil on canvas, 20 x 18, signed lower right. Provenance: N.C Hurd; Private collection, Kentucky.

ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT "Barnyard"

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American (1819-1905) oil on board, 10 x 11 3/4 (spandrel), signed lower right and dated NY 1866.  Signed and inscribed "NY 1867" on the reverse. Provenance:  Private collection, Connecticut.