The Old Veteran
Artist
George Inness Sr.
(American, 1825-1894)
CultureAmerican
Date1881
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 35 3/8 x 45 3/8 in. (89.9 x 115.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.662
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 212
Label TextGeorge Inness, Sr. American (1825-1894) The Old Veteran, 1881 Oil on canvas, 35 3/8 x 45 3/8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.662ProvenanceThe artist, 1881--1894; the artist's son, George Inness, Jr.; John Levy Galleries, New York City; Henry Reinhardt Galleries, New York City, 1917; Ainslie Gallery, New York City, 1931; Robert C. Vose Galleries, Boston, 1922--1923; Sale, American Art Association, May 10-12, 1933, no. 58; Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York City; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1958; Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, MA; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., to the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1971. Exhibition History"A Half Century of Landscape Paintings by George Inness," M. Knoedler and Company, New York City, N.Y., 1953, cat. no. 17. "Provincetown Past and Present," Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Mass., September 27 - December 7, 1958. "The Controversial Century, 1850--1950: Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Mass., June 16 - September 3, 1962; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, September 28 - November 4, 1962. "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. (Exh. cat. p. 124) "Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk," for the benefit of The Chrysler Museum Art Reference Library, Wildenstein & Co., New York, N. Y., April 13 - May 13, 1978. (Exh. cat. no. 31) Published ReferencesElliott Daingerfield, "A Reminiscence of George Inness," _The Monthly Illustrator_ III, no. 11 (March 1895): 259. George Inness, Jr., _Life, Art, and Letters of George Inness_ (New York: The Century Co., 1917), 155--158, 160--161. Intro. by Elliott Daingerfield, _ A Collection of Paintings by George Inness_ (New York: Henry Reinhardt & Son, 1917): no. 3. Charles F. Comfort and William S.A. Dale, _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Ma., 1962, not paged. LeRoy Ireland, _The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné_ (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 241, #972. Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 124. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ exh. cat., Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1978, 32-33, 68. Mahonri Sharp Young, "Primitive to Pop," _Apollo_ 107 (Apr., 1978), 46. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_, (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 87. Michael Quick, _George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné Vol. 1_ (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2007) pp. 11-12 fig. 24, 68 fig. 729, 69 & 255. IBSN-13: 978-0-8135-3832-7 Leo G. Mazow, _Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late Nineteenth-Century American Art_, exh.cat., Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania Sate University, University Park, PA, 2010, 20, fig. 16.
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