A Winter Sky
1866
George Inness
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
American Painting and Sculpture
A Winter Sky, 1866. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Oil on canvas; framed: 82 x 102 x 11.5 cm (32 5/16 x 40 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 56 x 77.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Gift 1927.388
- Maker/Artist
- Inness, George, Sr.
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 82 x 102 x 11.5 cm (32 5/16 x 40 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 56 x 77.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Geo Inness 1866
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1927.388
- Credit Line
- The Charles W. Harkness Gift
- Exhibitions
- George Inness Retrospective, Luminous Landscape: The American Study of Light, 1860-1875, Visions of Landscape: East and West, George Inness and the Visionary Landscape, Julie Mehretu: Portals (FRONT International: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows), Leavitt Art Rooms, Hurlbert Sale (New York, 1883), cat. no. 46 as A Winter Sky; this records the 31 May 1883 sale of this painting from the William Henry Hurlbert collection.<br>Oshkosh, Wisconsin, The Paine Art Center, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by George Inness (2 October-28 October 1962), cat. no. 9 as Winter, Close of Day. <br>Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Luminous Landscape: The American Study of Light, 1860-1875 (18 April-11 May 1966), cat. no. 24, illus. as Winter, Close of Day. <br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West (17 February-21 March 1982)<br>New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Inness (1 April-9 June 1985); traveled to Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (21 August-6 October 1985); Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (10 November 1985-12 January 1986); Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (20 February-11 May 1986); Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art (22 June-7 September 1986), cat. no. 13, pp. 102-103, illus. p. 103.<br>New York, National Academy of Design, The Art of George Inness: A Visionary Perspective ( 17 September-12 December 2003); traveled to San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art (24 January-18 April 2004); illus. cat. no. 10, p. 81.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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