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John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society

Catalogue Entry

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Keywords
OP.1154
Hemlocks
1890s
Oil on canvas
22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower right: J. H. Twachtman
Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis, Myron Kunin Collection of American Art
Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Provenance
(American Art Galleries, New York, Twachtman estate sale, March 24, 1903, no. 95);
to John Gellatly, New York;
to (Macbeth, by 1931);
to William T. Cresmer, Glencoe, Illinois, by 1957;
Flora E. Whiting;
bequest to Museum of the City of New York, 1971;
to (Christie's New York, May 24, 2007, lot 129);
to present collection, 2007.
Exhibitions
1903–I American Art Galleries
American Art Galleries, New York, Sale of the Work of the Late John H. Twachtman, exhibition and auction, March 19–24, 1903, no. 95, as Hemlocks.
Literature
Sun 1903–I
"The Twachtman Exhibition." Sun (New York), March 21, 1903, p. 8, as Hemlocks.
New-York Tribune 1903–II
"Twachtman Pictures, $16,610: Former Pupils Applaud Sales of Favorite Canvases." New-York Tribune, March 25, 1903, p. 9, as Hemlocks.
Sun 1903–II
"Twachtman Pictures, $16,610." Sun (New York), March 25, 1903, p. 5, as Hemlocks.
New York Times 1903–III
"Twachtman Picture Sale." New York Times, March 25, 1903, p. 5, as Hemlocks.
Hale 1957
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 553 (catalogue A, no. 260), as Hemlocks. (Hale concordance).
Christie's, New York 2007
American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. Auction catalogue, May 24, 2007. New York: Christie's, 2007, lot 129 ill. in color, as Hemlocks.
Commentary

In this image from below a hillside on Twachtman's Greenwich property, patches of old snow remain while the ground has emerged on windswept surfaces. The title refers to the bare trees that add a rhythmic movement to the design.

This painting was purchased from the artist’s 1903 estate sale by John Gellatly, who sold it through Macbeth Gallery before his death in 1931. From Macbeth, it was acquired sometime before 1957 by William T. Cresmer (1876–1943), president of a Chicago publishing firm, who also owned Twachtman’s The Winding Path (OP.728). The painting was later owned by the philanthropist Mrs. Flora E. Whiting (Mrs. Giles Whiting), at whose bequest, it was given to the Museum of the City of New York in 1971. It was deaccessioned in 2007.