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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
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- Sale 2506
Live
| Philadelphia
Jun 2 | 2:00 PM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 2506
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$20,000 – $30,000
Part of a second generation of New Hope artists, Kenneth Nunamaker relocated from Glenside, Pennsylvania to Centre Bridge in 1923. Enchanted by the idyllic beauty of Bucks County, Nunamaker dedicated the next three and a half decades to depicting the region's landscapes, picturesque villages, and vernacular architecture, as in By the Pond, Early Autumn. Here, a sun-dappled pond gives way to a narrow path, which, in turn, culminates in a stone farmhouse in the composition's middle ground. The trees that frame the house on either side are leafless but not completely barren–a confirmation of the season. Rendered in a carefully blended palette of orange, brown, and yellow–and against a forested hillside that appears to dissolve in a lavender haze–the landscape is animated by rich impasto and a confident treatment of light and atmosphere. A hymn to autumn and to Nunamaker's beloved Bucks County, By the Pond, Early Autumn captures the soul of the region through a tapestry of color and texture.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
The unlined canvas in excellent original condition with no sign of inpainting as seen under UV light.
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