A Grey Day, Moret

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Artist William Lamb Picknell(American, 1854–1897)American, 1854–1897

CultureAmerican

Titles

A Grey Day, Moret

Datec. 1890

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 29 1/2 × 35 3/8 in. (74.9 × 89.9 cm)
Frame: 43 7/8 × 50 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (111.4 × 127.2 × 12.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michelle and Frank J. Hevrdejs

Object number2025.377

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceGertrude Picknell Powers, wife of the artist; Ann Elizabeth Johnson, sister of the above, 1905; [Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, November 18, 1977, lot 515, illustrated]; Private collection, Connecticut; [Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York by 1988]; [Christie’s New York, Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 25 May 2000, lot 20]; [A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington]; Private Collection, Bellevue, Washington (acquired from the above); Collection of Frank J. Hevrdejs; Gifted to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition HistoryArt Institute of Chicago, 1897, no. 305; Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, "William L. Picknell: Memorial Exhibition," December 1897, no. 12; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Paintings by William L. Picknell," February-March 1898, no. 14; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, "American Paintings V," 1988, no. 108, illustrated; Amherst, Massachusetts, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, "Collegial Collectors: American Art from the Class of 1967," 1992

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed ‘W-L. Picknell.’ in lower left corner, recto.

Signed lower left

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