Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, 1864-1941) Sunburst

Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, 1864-1941)

Sunburst
Signed and dated "Elshemus/1909" l.r., stamped "VALENTINE GALLERY/New York" on the reverse, identified on multiple exhibition labels (see below) affixed to the reverse.
Oil on board, 20 x 30 in. (49.8 x 76.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Minor paint loss at u.c. edge, possible minor old retouch to sky along the top edge.

Provenance: The estate of The Reverend Canon Carlson Gerdau, New York, sold to benefit St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts.

Exhibitions: The Art Institute of Chicago, American Paintings & Sculpture, Forty-eighth Annual Exhibition, 1939 (lent by Valentine Gallery); Exhibitions of Contemporary U.S. Paintings for Circulation in Latin America, 1941.

N.B. Notes from the consignor list this work as "Sunburst, Delaware Water Gap."