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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

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OP.1130
Horseneck Falls, Greenwich, Connecticut
Late 1890s
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
The Columbus Museum, Georgia, Museum purchase made possible by the Ella E. Kirven Charitable Lead Trust for Acquisitions (G.1997.4)
Provenance
(Macbeth, 1918);
to Theodore T. Ellis, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1918;
(Graham Gallery, New York, late 1960s);
private collection;
to (Christies, New York, May 28, 1992, lot 143);
to (Spanierman, 1992);
to present collection, 1997.
Exhibitions
1993 Spanierman
Spanierman Gallery, New York, The Intimate Landscapes of John H. Twachtman (1853–1902), May 5–July 2, 1993, as Horseneck Falls, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Literature
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. 445 (catalogue G, no. 160), as Horseneck Falls, Greenwich, Connecticut. (Hale concordance).
Christie's, New York 1992–I
Important American Paintings, Drawings, aid Sculpture of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. Auction catalogue, May 28, 1992. New York: Christie's, 1992, lot 143, as Horseneck Falls, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Commentary

This is probably Twachtman’s most closely cropped image of Horseneck Falls. Viewing the cascade from directly above the flowing water, a small plateau gushes to the right, while a steep, fast-moving drop is just above it, with the rock at the top of the falls seemingly close to its edge.

This painting was in the artist’s estate until 1918, when it was sold through Macbeth to Theodore T. Ellis (d. 1934), an inventor, art collector, who was the owner/publisher of the Worcester Telegram and that city’s Evening Gazette.