Alexander Helwig Wyant
(American, 1836-1892)

"Summer"

oil on canvas
signed lower right, pencil-titled "Summer" and handwritten label with title en verso of stretcher bar.
Framed.
16" x 24", framed 24-1/2" x 32-1/2"

Provenance

The Artist

Paintings by the Late A.H. Wyant, Ortgies & Co., New York, February 1894, No. 74

George A Hearn from above ($200)

The Notable Art Collection Formed by the Late George A. Hearn, American Art Galleries, New York, February 25–March 1, 1918, No. 88

Macbeth Galleries from above ($4,100)

Mary Helen Tandy Morrison (1880-1972), Tulsa, Oklahoma and San Antonio, Texas

Lucian Leeds Morrison, Jr. (1906-1986), San Antonio, Texas, from above

Lucian Leeds Morrison III (1937-2014), Houston, Texas, from above 

Estate of Nancy Reed Morrison (1936-2021), Houston, Texas.

 

Literature

Catalogue of the Notable Art Collection Formed by the Late George A. Hearn, American Art Galleries, New York, February 25–March 1, 1918, No. 88, illustrated

 

Catalogue of the Collection of Foreign and American Paintings Owned by Mr. George A. Hearn, Privately Printed, New York, 1908, No. 236, illustrated

**Canvas relined, faint craquelure, inverted "C" old tear repair in mid-center (trees). Evidence of inpainting along edges, sky and possibly other areas but difficult to ascertain from the UV light. Frame with fine cracks, nicks and abrasions. Please ask for additional images and note the restorer's label en verso (pictured on our website).