In the Executor’s Sale catalogue of 187 paintings 25 are identified as in Milton, near Milton or by my calculations within a day of Milton. Of these paintings 7 are dated ranging from 1865 to 1889. The style of his later paintings is more abstract, tonalist specifically, where the painter’s emphasis is on atmosphere and shadow. This work was probably painted in the 1880s, the outcome of a day trip, the place possibly the clove in Greene County, looking south along the ridge line toward the Catskill Mountain house, or possibly looking out and down the original carriageway from the Lake at Mohonk into the Wallkill River valley toward Gardiner in Ulster County. As to the size this would fit among his smallest paintings.
The work is signed G. Inness and whether it’s because I want to believe it or that the facts support it I have it on my wall and count myself fortunate.
The following is a list of paintings, in the 1898 dispersal, identified as Milton, near Milton or mentioning another nearby place-name within a day’s travel by boat or buggy.
Marlborough 12 x 15 undated
Milton 16.5 x 17.5 undated
Milton-on-the-Hudson 16 x 24 undated
Roundout Valley 9.25 x 14
Milton 15 x 18
In the Adirondacks 16.75 x 22.25
Milton-on-the-Hudson 20 x 30
Catskills N.Y. 9.25 x 13.375
Shawangunk Mountains 14 x 21
Cornwall N. Y. 9.25 x 13.25
Milton-on-the Hudson 15 x 25.75 1882 $200 at his auction dispersal in 1898
Wallkill Valley 8.5 x 24
Sunset time 19 x 24
Milton-on-the Hudson 27 x 22 $200 at his auction dispersal in 1898
Milton-on-the-Hudson sketch 20 x 23.5 1882
Shawangunk Mountains 11.75 x 18.75 1881
In the Catskills 8 x 11.75
In the Catskills 9 x 14
Milton-on-the-Hudson 12 x 18
Milton-on-the-Hudson 16 x 24 1880
Milton-on-the-Hudson 30 x 35 1889
Leeds, Catskills sketch 9.25 x 13 1865
Milton-on-the-Hudson 9.25 x 13 1876
Near Milton 5.5 x 8.7/8
Marlborough on Hudson 13.5 x 18.25 1880
I’m convinced but I’m also in love.
New York Times archive containing a story on the Innes Auction at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
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