John Constable
English, 1776–1837
Willy Lott's House (recto); Landscape Sketches with Trees and Church Tower (verso)
c. 1812–13 (recto); c. 1811–13
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 13 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (34.9 x 43.5 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.24 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
John Constable, Willy Lott's House (recto); Landscape Sketches with Trees and Church Tower (verso), c. 1812–13 (recto); c. 1811–13, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.24
Select Bibliography
Pionk, Richard C. and Margaret Somers. Constable. Salmagundi Club, October 14 - November 2, 2000. New York, Salmagundi Club. 2000.
Parris, Leslie. Constable: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published Privately, 1994.
Reynolds, Graham. The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable. 2 vol. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1996.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
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Provenance
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 Sept. 1974, no. 35, as A Sketch of the Valley Farm, sold to a private collection, Seattle; private collection, Seattle (from 1974); [Deborah Gage (Works of Art) Ltd., London, sold to Manton 2 Feb. 1993]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton (1993–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–7, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
