WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT
Foggy Morning at Magnolia (Magnolia, Swinging in a Foggy Morning, from Studio Door, Looking Seaward).
Oil on canvas, 1877. 510x760 mm; 20 1/8x30 inches.
Provenance: Estate of the artist, Boston; sold in his sale, Lewis J. Bird & Co., Boston, February 3-4, 1880, lot 7, with the stamp verso; (with) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1883; collection of Mrs. Charlotte Morse, Boston; John T. Morse, Jr., Boston; Victor D. Spark, New York, 1945; gifted to Dayton Art Institute, March 1965; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1984; acquired Christie's, New York, May 23, 1994, sale 7559, lot 28 (as American School, Children Playing in a Landscape), by the current owner, private collection, Massachusetts.
Exhibited: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 29, 1883; "A Quest for Beauty," Brattleboro Museum, Vermont, 1998.
Published: "A Fine Collection of the Works of William M. Hunt-Public Exhibition at the Former Studio of the Artist- Arrangements for the Sale," Boston Post, January 20, 1880, page 3.
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
