John Joseph Enneking (American, 1841-1916)

Spring Brook
Inscribed "Enneking" l.l., identified on a label from Vose Galleries of Boston affixed to the frame backing cardboard, titled and inscribed on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in. (61,0 x 75.8 cm), framed.
Condition: Signature added later, titled in pencil on the stretcher, along with the artist's name in black ink, both obscured by residue from masking tape from a former backing.

Exhibitions: Painted Air: American Impressionism, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, August 14-November 15, 2000, cover illustration, under the title Spring, Furnace Brook.

Provenance: Skinner, Inc., American & European Paintings and Prints, March 13, 1998, Lot 324.

Condition: Framed dimensions are 35 3/8 x 41 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.

The label from Vose Galleries lists this painting as unsigned.

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