Road Down the Palisades
- Date
- c.1911
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 334
- Dimensions
- 40 3/4 x 50 1/4 in. (103.5 x 127.6 cm)
framed: 48 5/8 in. x 58 1/2 in. x 2 in. (123.5 x 148.6 x 5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 57:1916
NOTES
The curve of a road directs our attention deep into the landscape, past a screen of wiry trees to the Hudson River beyond. The bright spots of blue and red invigorate the rather dreary cloud-filled sky and dirty patches of snow. The thickly applied paint, strong outlines, and areas of bold but harmonious unmixed color, are all characteristics of Ernest Lawson’s best landscapes.
Provenance
1911 - 1916
Hugo Reisinger, New York, NY, purchased from the artist [1]
1916/01/18 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased through M. Knoedler & Co, New York, at the sale of the Hugo Reisinger collection, American Art Association, New York, January 18, 1916, lot no. 38 [2]
Notes:
[1] See the auction catalog ["Illustrated Catalogue of the Valuable Pictures by Foreign and American Masters Collected by the Late Hugo Reisinger." American Art Association, New York, January 18-20, 1916, lot no. 38].
[2] A letter from M. Knoedler & Co. to the City Art Museum of St. Louis dated January 19, 1916, indicates that M. Knoedler & Co. purchased "Road at the Palisades" along with Alfred Stevens's "In Deep Thought" (58:1916) at the auction of Hugo Reisinger's collection on behalf of the City Art Museum of Saint Louis [SLAM document files]. Bill of sale dated January 19, 1916 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control, January 26, 1916.
Hugo Reisinger, New York, NY, purchased from the artist [1]
1916/01/18 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased through M. Knoedler & Co, New York, at the sale of the Hugo Reisinger collection, American Art Association, New York, January 18, 1916, lot no. 38 [2]
Notes:
[1] See the auction catalog ["Illustrated Catalogue of the Valuable Pictures by Foreign and American Masters Collected by the Late Hugo Reisinger." American Art Association, New York, January 18-20, 1916, lot no. 38].
[2] A letter from M. Knoedler & Co. to the City Art Museum of St. Louis dated January 19, 1916, indicates that M. Knoedler & Co. purchased "Road at the Palisades" along with Alfred Stevens's "In Deep Thought" (58:1916) at the auction of Hugo Reisinger's collection on behalf of the City Art Museum of Saint Louis [SLAM document files]. Bill of sale dated January 19, 1916 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control, January 26, 1916.
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