$10,073
Thomas Hill (American, 1829-1908) The Hunter , c. 1875 Signed "T. Hill" l.r., identified on a label from the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum , San Francisco, affixed to the reverse. Oil on paper mounted onto board, 12 5/8 x 18 1/16 in. (32.2 x 45.9 cm), framed. Condition: Minor retouch, surface imperfections. Provenance: Ex-collection The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (until 2004). N.B. Born in England, Thomas Hill came to the United States in 1844, settling first in Taunton, Massachusetts. Painting in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Hill remained in the east until 1861, when, for health reasons, he moved his family to San Francisco. In California Hill developed his passion for painting the grand expanses of Yosemite, where he would later build a studio in 1883. During his career, Hill returned periodically to the East to paint. In 1875 he made a summer excursion to visit Boston and to sketch in the White Mountains. A number of paintings from that trip, which bear a strong connection to the painting at hand, are illustrated in the catalogue Direct from Nature, The Oil Sketches of Thomas Hill (Yosemite National Park, California: Yosemite Association in association with Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif., ©1997), by Janice T. Driesbach with an essay by William H. Gerdts.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-05-20
