Ploughing in Acadia
Framed: 54 1/8 x 74 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (137.48 x 189.87 x 8.89 cm)
- L13
Newman Emerson Montross (1849-1932), New York, by 1902-1919;
Purchased at his sale, The Notable Collection of American Paintings formed by the Connoisseur N. E. Montross, American Art Galleries, New York, February 27, 1919, lot 71, by Holland Galleries, New York, 1919;
Albert R. and Mabel N. Jones, Kansas City, MO, by 1933;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
American Paintings and Sculpture Contributed to the "Second Prize Fund Exhibition," exh. cat. (New York: American Art Association, 1886), 40, pl. (as Ploughing in Arcadia);
Catalogue of the Art Collection of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall Association: Third Annual Exhibition, St. Louis, 1886, exh. cat. (St. Louis: Spring Printing Company, 1886), 47, pl. (as Ploughing in Arcadia);
C. H. C., "Brief Appreciations of Some American Painters. XII. Horatio Walker," Sun (New York), 5 January 1902, 6;
"Mr. Walker's Pictures," New York Evening Post, 21 January 1903, 7;
"Canada through Walker's Eyes," New York Times, 26 January 1903, 9;
Catalogue of Pictures by Horatio Walker, exh. cat. (New York: Montross Gallery, 1903), unpaginated;
Charles H. Caffin, American Masters of Paintings: Being Brief Appreciations of Some American Painters, Illustrated with Examples of Their Work (New York: Double- day, Page & Company, 1903), 180, opp. 180;
"Academy Opens Its Finest Exhibition," Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia), 20 January 1906, 5;
"Annual Exhibition at the Academy," Press (Philadelphia), 21 January 1906, News sec., 4;
F. N. L., "Pennsylvania Academy," Art Bulletin 5 (27 January 1906), 15;
"The Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," Collector and Art Critic 4 (February 1906), 105;
E. T. Bush, "A Notable Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy," Brush and Pencil 17 (March 1906), 99;
David Lloyd, "The Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," International Studio 28 (March 1906), 8;
Talcott Williams, "American Art To-Day: Paintings in the Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," Book News 24 (March 1906), 474, 481;
Catalogue of the 101st Annual Exhibition, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1906), 16, unpaginated;
Ninth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings, exh. cat. (Worcester, Mass.: Worcester Art Museum, 1906), 7;
Charles H. Caffin, American Masters of Painting: Being Brief Appreciations of Some American Painters, Illustrated with Examples of Their Work (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906), opp. 175, 180 (as Ploughing-Acadia);
Fifty American Pictures (New York: Montross Gallery, 1911), unpaginated;
John E. D. Trask and J. Nilsen Laurvik, eds., Catalogue de Luxe of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1915), 2:380;
Official Catalogue (Illustrated) of the Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition (with Awards) San Francisco, California, exh. cat. (San Francisco: Wahlgreen Company, 1915), 71, 191;
Illustrated Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibition in the Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, California, exh. cat. (San Francisco: San Francisco Art Association, 1916), 47;
Charles H. Caffin, American Masters of Painting: Being Brief Appreciations of Some American Painters, Illustrated with Examples of Their Work (Garden City, N.Y., and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918), opp. 175, 180;
American Art Galleries, New York, 27 February 1919, lot 71;
"A Tryon Painting Leads Americans," New York Times, 28 February 1919, 11;
Frederick James Gregg, "Montross Art Brings $68,895; Seller Pays Tax," New York Herald, 28 February 1919, 8;
Charles H. Caffin, American Masters of Painting: Being Brief Appreciations of Some American Painters, Illustrated with Examples of Their Work (Garden City, N.Y., and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921), opp. 175, 180;
"In Gallery and Studio," Kansas City Star, 3 March 1934, 4 (as Plowing in Arcadia);
"Liberal with Art," Kansas City Star, 1 January 1936, 8 (as Ploughing-Arcadia);
Leila Mechlin, "Farm Art Is Fertile Theme at Women's Sessions," Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 20 June 1936, B3;
Charles H. Caffin, "American Masters of Painting," in Horatio Walker, ed. J. A. Crozier (Los Angeles: J. A. Crozier, 1938), unpaginated;
NAMA 1940, 24 (as Ploughing-Arcadia);
NAMA 1941, 166 (as Ploughing, Arcadia);
NAMA 1959, 258 (as Ploughing-Arcadia);
NAMA 1973, 255 (as Ploughing-Arcadia);
Dorothy Farr, Horatio Walker, 1858-1938, exh. cat. (Kingston, Ontario: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1977), 37n38;
David Karel, Horatio Walker, exh. cat. (Québec City: Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, 1987), 34n5, 52n4, 146-47, 211 (as Ploughing-Arcadia and Labourage-Arcadie);
Lyne Gravel, Les Oeuvres d'Horatio Walker (Québec City: Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, 1987), 13, 49 (as Ploughing-Arcadia and Labourage-Arcadie).
