George Inness, Jr. (US, 1854-1926)

George Inness, Jr.
(American, 1854-1926)

"Sol's Glory", 1924

oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right.
Framed.
20" x 30", framed 29" x 39"

Provenance: Private collection, Florida, commissioned directly from the artist, thence by descent through 2005; Christie's, New York, September 15, 2005, lot 49; Private collection, Florida.

Exhibited: Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York, September 22-October 14, 2011

Notes: When this painting sold at Christie's in 2005, it was accompanied with copies of the original May 1924 correspondence from the artist in his studio in Cragsmoor, New York, that explains the scene and the significance of the painting's title:

"I hope it will please... I consider it one of my finest things... I have no real title for the picture but I have written a few lines in an attempt to describe what I wished to express: When Sol bursts forth and thrusts the clouds away, he smiles; and smiling, spreads a light that gladdens all the earth... To give you of my best was my object."
Dimensions: 39 x 29 in
Condition Report: **Canvas relined; darkening of the varnish layer; layer of surface dirt. Inpainting touch-ups to foreground, upper left, upper right and lower right corners; a larger area of inpainting to upper left sky area. Frame with rubbing, nicks, abrasions and minor losses.