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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, GREAT NECK, NEW YORK
Lot 71

Asher Brown Durand
(1796-1886)
Study for High Point: Shandaken Mountain 18 x 24 1/8 in. (45.7 x 61.3 cm.)

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7 November 2023, 14:00 EST
New York

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Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886)

Study for High Point: Shandaken Mountain
inscribed illegibly (on rock at lower right) and marked with the artist's estate stamp (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 1/8 in. (45.7 x 61.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1853.

Footnotes

Provenance
Estate of the artist.
(probably) Sale, Ortgies' Art Gallery, New York, April 13-14, 1887, lot 323, sold by the above. (as High Peak, Shandaken, Ulster Co., N. Y.)
Private collection.
Dr. Robert Byrd, Atlanta, 1965.
Private collection, Florida, 2016.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, July 2021.

In 1847, Asher B. Durand visited the Catskills region of New York, just to the west of the village of Kingston on the Hudson River. During this visit he created many sketches of the nearby mountain High Point, also known locally as Ashokan High Point. He would return to the area in the summers of 1853 and 1855 to continue to paint the mountains. The present work Study for High Point: Shandaken Mountain was likely painted during either the 1847 or 1853 excursion. This work is the basis for Durand's 1853 submission to the National Academy of Design's annual exhibition in New York City, which is now in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unlike his large "historical landscapes," here Durand is focused on capturing the light within the bucolic setting, which was becoming increasingly popular amongst the urban American public.

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Please note that the correct title for this lot is Study for High Point: Shandaken Mountains.

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