* John Leslie Breck
(American, 1860 - 1899)
Giverny Hillside
oil on canvas
signed Breck (lower left)
18 1/4 x 22 inches.
Estimate $ 30,000-50,000
Property from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions
Provenance:
The artist
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York
Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
Exhibited:
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Americans at Home and Abroad, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 6–29, 1987; An American Revelation: The Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, February 28–October 1, 1988; American Painters in France, 1830–1930, Terra Museum
of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, June 14–September 3, 1989; Impressions de toujours: les peintres americains en France, 1865–1915, Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, France, June 1–November 1, 1992, April 1–October 31, 1993, April 1–October 30, 1994 and April 1–October 31, 1995; Permanent collection installation, Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, France, April 1–July 1, 2001; D'une colonie a une collection: le Musee d'Art Americain Giverny fete ses dix ans, Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, France, March 30–June 16, 2002; En Plein Air: American Painters in Giverny, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, March 8–May 25, 2003; Into the Light: The Paintings of William Blair Bruce, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, May 24–October 5, 2014.
Literature:
Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915, Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text pp. 146–47; pl. 16, p. 152 (color).
Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres americains en France, 1865–1915, Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text pp. 146–47; pl. 16, p. 152 (color).
Bruce, Tobi and Joan Padgett, eds., Into the Light: The Paintings of William Blair Bruce (1859-1906), Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Ill. p. 102 (color); text p. 245 (checklist).