The Moon at Night

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Arts of the Americas

1890

George Inness (American, 1825–1894)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: George Inness
Title: The Moon at Night
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Signed lower left: "G. Inness 1890"
Dimensions: 56.4 × 68.6 cm (22 1/8 × 27 in.)
Credit Line: Edward B. Butler Collection
Reference Number: 1911.36
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Michael Quick, George Inness, a Catalogue Raisonne, vol. 2 (Rutgers University Press, 2007), no. 984.

Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].

William T. Evans, New York, by 1900; Fishel, Adler & Schwartz, New York, purchased at auction, 1900; Emerson McMillin, New York, from 1901 to 1911; M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1911; Reinhardt Galleries, Chicago, 1911; sold to Edward B. Butler, Chicago, 1911; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911.

Quick 984

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