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May 17, 2019
(British, 1776-1837)
The Ripe Cornfield, unsigned, oil on board laid on panel, 11-3/4 x 18 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 21 x 27-1/4 in.
Exhibited: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1901; Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut, 1931; Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, 1937; Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1937; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, "A Survey of British Paintings," May 10, 1938 - June 12, 1938, #51; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Works of Turner, Constable and Bonington," 1946; Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut, "Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism," 1948; John Nickolson Gallery, NY, "Stepping Stones in Art Fantasy, Realism, Impressionism," 1952, #24; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, "Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Morrie A. Moss," 1955, #30; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, "The Moss Collection Paintings, A Loan Exhibition," January-February 1965, #5;
Literature: The Collection in the Avery Memorial, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 1934, p. 47; A Survey of British Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1938, #51; Stepping Stones in Art Fantasy, Realism, Impressionism, John Nickolson Gallery, NY, 1952, #24, ills.; Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Morrie A. Moss, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN, 1955, #30; The Moss Collection Paintings, A Loan Exhibition, BrooksMemorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN, 1965, p. 8, #5; The New England Magazine, 1903, volume 27, pages 668-669, there is a mention of a painting by Constable with the title "The Ripe Cornfield" as being in the collection of the Wadsworth Athenaeum corporation, Hartford, Connecticut.
, Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; presumed Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 1901; Julius H. Weitzner, NY, 1951; John Nickolson Gallery, NY, 1952; Findlay Galleries, Chicago, 1955; Mr. and Mrs. Morrie A. Moss, Memphis, Tennessee, ca. 1955-1977; Property from a Southern Institution
panel cradled, some evident breaks in card at two corners with associated retouch, other areas of retouch; frame with losses
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