George Inness
The Old Oak, Medfield, Massachusetts

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Artist George Inness (American, 1825–1894)American, 1825–1894

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Old Oak, Medfield, Massachusetts

Datec. 1875

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 16 1/8 × 24 in. (40.9 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael C. Linn

Object number2022.706

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

108 Hevrdejs Gallery

On view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceF.L. Dunne, Boston, Massachusetts; Alice M. Dunne, Boston, Massachusetts [Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 15 March 1947, as No. 509 “Autumn Landscape”]; LeRoy Ireland, New York, 1947; Ernest Closuit, Fort Worth, Texas, by 1965; [Sale, Frank H. Boos Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Feb. 10, 1998, no. 884 as “The Old Oak”]; Christie’s New York, 2002; Purchased Thomas Colville Fine Art, 2002; Meredith Long & Company, #41936 after 2002; Michael Linn, Present Owner, October 1, 2008; gifted to MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Recto: Signed in black paint, bottom right corner: G. Inness [script]

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Catalogue raisonnéIreland, LeRoy. The Works of George Inness: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné. Austin: University of

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