31: George Inness Sr. Summer Afternoon Start Price USD 200,000.00 Current Price USD 220,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, December 06, 2008 End Time Saturday, December 06, 2008 Location Alameda, CA See more about '31: George Inness Sr. Summer Afternoon' Description Current Lot George Inness Sr., NA. American 1825 - 1894. Summer Afternoon, ca 1855 - 1856. oil on canvas. 22 x 30 inches. signed on reverse. The Reverend Henry Ward BeecherPossible sale, James P. Silo, Auctioneer, February 13-14, 1896, no. 166Col Stephen L. H. Slocum, to 1932Miles Standish Slocum, to 1953Private collection, his daughter; then her estate Possibly, Brooklyn & Long Island Fair for the Benefit of U. S. Sanitary Commission, February 22, 1864, no. 19, lent by Henry Ward Beecher. Possibly Henry T. Tuckerman, "Book of the Artists: American Artist Life (1867)", listed p. 531 as belonging to Rev. H. W. Beecher.To be included in Michael Quick's forthcoming catalogue raisonne on the works of George Inness, NA.The early sources that possibly refer to Beecher's "Summer Afternoon" do not give a size or description of the painting. This painting is in fine excellent condition, the original canvas still bearing the name of the artist supplier identified by the stamp "Prepared by Edw Place a Bid!

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