Collection
"American Gems: Exceptional Paintings from Hudson River to Early Modern"
Who would have thought in the 2020's it would be possible to assemble a superb gathering of Nineteenth-century American paintings. This choice collection contradicts the impossible.
– John Wilmerding, Professor Emeritus , Princeton University
Paintings
A New York Skyline, 1921
18 x 24 inches
Home of the Rainbow, Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, ca. 1869
16 ⅝ x 22 ¹⁄₁₆ inches
Mount St. Helens, Columbia River, Oregon, ca. 1889
18 ⅛ x 32 ⅝ inches
Nymphs in Moonlight, ca. 1885
16 ¼ x 24 ¼ inches
Autumn, 1853
20 ⅛ x 30 ⅜ inches
Distant View of Boston, ca. 1838-39
8 ⅝ x 11 ⅞ inches
Twilight on the Western Plains, ca. 1870
30 x 40 inches
Autumn in the Ramapo Valley, Erie Railway, 1873
38⅝ x 68⅛ inches - Framed: 57 ⅛ x 86 ⅝ inches
Anchors, 1930
22 x 32⅛ inches - Framed: 29⅝ x 39⅝ x 1⅞ inches
Landscape, 1855
25 x 36 inches
A Winter Sunset, 1986
16 x 20 inches - Framed: 21⅝ x 26 inches
An October Afternoon, 1865
12 ¼ x 9 ⅞ inches
The Sea Shore, ca. 1908-9
25 ⅛ x 30 ⅛ inches
Winter on the Hudson, 1869
35 x 72 inches
Still Life with Blue Bowl, ca. 1922-23
21 ¼ x 25 ⅝ inches
The Cove, Isles of Shoals, 1901
25 ¼ x 30 ¼ inches
Hummingbirds and Red Flowers, ca. 1864
13 x 11 inches
Approaching Storm, 1895-96
6 x 12 inches
Étretat, Normandy, France, 1892
29 ⅞ x 45 inches
Rogers Slide, Lake George, New York, 1870
13 ⅜ x 21 ⅜ inches
Confidence and Admiration, 1859
14 ¹⁄₁₆ x 12 ¹⁄₁₆ inches
A Newport Afternoon, 1871
8⅝ x 12⅛ inches - Framed: 17½ x 20¾ x 1½ inches
May, North Greenland, 1935-37
34 ⅛ x 44 ½ inches
New York Series: From Weehawken Heights, 1950
22 ¹⁄₁₆ x 28 ⅛ inches
2023 Estate of John Marin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Poppy Field (Landscape at Giverny), 1886
10 ⅝ x 18 5/16 inches
Near Abiquiu, New Mexico
(Near Abiquiu, New Mexico–Hills to the Left), 1941
12 ⅛ x 30 ⅛ inches
2023 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The Leaning Tree, ca. 1919
30 ⅛ x 40 ⅛ inches
Sun Rising Out of the Mist, 1973
55 x 37 inches
The Estate of Fairfield Porter/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Crepuscule, ca. 1912-13 [ca. 1918-23 catalogue raisonné]
21 x 28 ⅛ inches
At Atlantic City, 1877
24 x 20 inches
catalogue
A Collector’s Journey
The catalogue, A Collector’s Journey, is designed specifically for museum directors and curators, by focusing solely on the appearance, provenance, and exhibition history of each painting. The collections are dynamic and will continue to expand as additional exceptional and historically important paintings are acquired.
The Forward "American Gems: Exceptional Paintings from the Hudson River to Early Modern" written by John Wilmerding, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University discusses each painting and its significance.