Autumn Mists, ca. 1890s

Oil on canvas

25 x 30 inches

Signed lower left: J. H. Twachtman

Provenance          

[Silas S. Dustin, New York, agent for the artist’s estate, as of 1905]

Burton Mansfield, New Haven, Connecticut, by 1912-1933

to [American Art Association—Anderson Galleries, Inc., American Landscapes: The Private Collection of the Late Burton Mansfield, April 7, 1933, no. 69]

to [Knoedler Galleries, New York]

Leroy Ireland

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania, by 1957-after 1968

[Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, by 1969]

Dr. Simon Joseph, White Plains, New York, 1969

[Knoedler Galleries, New York, by 1975-1977]

[Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, October 27, 1977, no. 37]

[Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago]

to private collection, 1978-1998

Exhibited

Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1911.

The Lotos Club, New York, 1912.

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Paintings from the Collection of Burton Mansfield, New Haven, Connecticut, May 22-September 1, 1912, no. 43.

Morgan Memorial, Hartford, Connecticut, Exhibition of Paintings, Pottery, and Glass Loaned by Honorable Burton Mansfield of New Haven, April 1920, no. 29.

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, Art in Westchester from Private Collections, September 28-November 2, 1969, no. 36 (lent by Dr. Simon Joseph).

Literature                                                                                                         

“Coming Auctions: American—Anderson Galleries—Mansfield Paintings.” Art News (April 1, 1933),
p. 11.

John Douglass Hale.  The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman.  Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1957, no. 444,
p. 477.

Richard J. Boyle. “John Twachtman: An Appreciation.” American Art and Antiques (November-December 1978), p. 77, color illus. 

Note                                                                                                        

 This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of John Henry Twachtman by Ira Spanierman and Dr. Lisa N. Peters.