Description
Highly prolific, Inness created more than 1,000 works during a career lasting 50 years. Dated just two years before his death, Sunny Autumn Day epitomizes his late style in which the physical landscape is transformed into something akin to a spiritual apparition. Featuring blurred forms and atmospheric effects from translucent colors, this scene reflects Inness’s mystical view of the natural world.
Provenance
Thomas B. Clarke, New York, NY [1884-1931], purchased from artist1 (By October 1892-1899); (American Art Galleries, American Art Association, New York, Feb. 14-18, 1899, no. 184, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair) (1899); Chauncey J. [1843–1916] and Mary Mitchell Blair [1856-1940], Chicago1 (1899-); Walter Clark Runyon [1857-1929] and Berenice Agnew Runyon [b. 1873], Scarsdale, NY1 (-1925); (Macbeth Gallery, New York, and George E. Gage Gallery, Cleveland, sold to Elizabeth Bingham Blossom)1 (1925); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (1956-)
Accession Number
1956.578
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 111.4 x 137.5 x 12.1 cm (43 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 81 x 106 cm (31 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.); Former: 101 x 127 x 7.6 cm (39 3/4 x 50 x 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
