Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001151Twilight in Italy
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: "G. Inness 1890"
Provenance
Possibly with Thomas B. Clarke, New York; Emerson McMillin, S.P. Avery, Jr. New York [possible sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, James P. Silo, Auctioneer, at Waldorf-Astoria, New York, March 20, 1902, no. 37]; Emerson McMillin, New York, New York, purchased at auction, 1902 to 1911; with M. Knoedler & Co., New York; with Harry Reinhardt, New York; sold to Edward B. Butler, Chicago, 1911; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911.
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
Publications
Michael Quick, George Inness, a Catalogue Raisonne, vol. 2 (Rutgers University Press, 2007), no. 971.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 50.7 × 76.2 cm (19 15/16 × 30 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Edward B. Butler Collection
- Accession no.
- 1911.42
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