Thomas Moran

(American, 1837-1926)
A Cloudy Day, East Hampton, 1903, signed and dated twice lower right "TMoran 1903". oil on canvas, 20-1/4 x 30-1/4 in.; fine period carved gilt wood frame, 35 x 44-3/4 in.

Provenance: The artist; Albert Gallatin, New York, acquired from above, 1903; Mrs. James Gallatin, New York, by descent; Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York, April 28, 2018, lot 406; Spanierman Galleries, New York, NY (label verso); Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York (label verso); Private Collection, Beverly Hills, California; Private Florida Collection

Exhibited: The Moran Family Legacy, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, October 25, 1997-January 11, 1998.

Literature: Albert Gallatin, The Pursuit of Happiness: The Abstract and Brief Chronicles of the Time (New York: Albert Gallatin, 1950), 203, plate 15.
Katherine Cameron, The Moran Family Legacy (Long Island, NY: Guild Hall of East Hampton, 1997), no. 84.

Note: The Gallatin family had a home near Thomas Moran's East Hampton studio and had a close relationship with the artist. Albert Eugene Gallatin (1881-1952), began collecting art at age 17, and would become a groundbreaking collector and critic, and eventually a modernist artist in his own right. Gallatin acquired A Cloudy Day, East Hampton from Moran the year it was painted, in 1903, when he was 22 years old.
Condition Report: canvas lined, stabilized crackle, areas of retouch; frame with minimal wear