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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists Featuring the Collection of Virginia and Stuart Peltz
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- Sale 5965
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Dec 5 | 9:00 AM EST
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Sale 5965
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Estimate$40,000 – $60,000
Exhibited
"The Painterly Voice: Bucks Couny's Fertile Ground," James A. Michener Art Musem, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 2011-April 1, 2012.
"George Sotter: Light and Shadow," James A. Michener Art Musem, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, July 29-December 31, 2017 (as Untitled).
Note
The present work was executed shortly after George Sotter's return from California, and definite departure from Pittsburgh. The artist's move to the countryside marks a new interest in pastoral scenes, and a clearer, brighter palette not dissimilar to Redfield's - Sotter's former instructor. The spirit of the Father of Pennsylvania Impressionism can be see here in the acidic greens, yellows and the energic brushwork which capture the untamed, lush landscape of Bucks County. The painting here seems to depict the artist's studio, a Quaker farmstead known as Walnut Grove Farm, located on Ash Mill Road in Holicong, Pennsylvania.
Provenance
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, sale of September 15, 2007, lot 1 (as The Artist's Studio).
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
