John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872)
A Newport Afternoon, 1871
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Oil on board
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8⅝ x 12⅛ inches - Framed: 17½ x 20¾ x 1½ inches
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Initialed and dated lower left: FK. ’71; on verso: a newport afternoon / J. F. Kensett / for Mrs. O’Sullivan / with compts of the Season
Provenance
- The artist
- Mrs. Thomas O’Sullivan, gift from above
- Elizabeth Love Allen Marquand (Mrs. Henry Marquand), sister of above
- Elizabeth Love Godwin, daughter of above
- Frances Bryant Godwin and Elizabeth Love Godwin, daughters of above
- Private collection, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, March 13, 1996, lot 24, from above
- Private collection, acquired from above
- Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York, New York
- Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2024
- Collection of J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox, acquired from above
Note
John Frederick Kensett painted this work as a gift for Mrs. Thomas O’Sullivan, sister-in-law of noted art collector Henry Marquand. Kensett created several works for the Marquand family, who owned a summer home in Newport.
Related Work
Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor, 1857, oil on canvas, 22½ x 36 inches, signed and dated lower right; National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection, Washington, DC
The Rocks at Newport, Rhode Island, 1862, oil on canvas, 7⅝ x 15⅝ inches; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
Near Newport, 1869, oil on canvas, 11⅝ x 24¼ inches, signed and dated lower right; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Newport, Rhode Island (Beacon Rock), 1872, oil on canvas, 12 x 20½ inches; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
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