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Edward Willis Redfield (American, 1869-1965) First Snow, 1928
Estimate: $100,000-$150,000
Sold
$110,000
Live Auction
American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Size
26 x 32 in.
Description
Edward Willis Redfield

(American, 1869-1965)

First Snow, 1928

oil on canvas

signed E. W. Redfield (lower left); also signed and titled in pencil (stretcher)

26 x 32 in.

Signature
signed E. W. Redfield (lower left); also signed and titled in pencil (stretcher)
Provenance
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the works of Edward Redfield being compiled by Dr. Thomas C. Folk.Provenance:Plymouth Meeting Gallery, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, 1990.Acquired directly from the above.Private Collection, Pennsylvania.Exhibited: Washington, DC, Taggart & Jorgensen Gallery, "The Pennsylvania Impressionists : Painters of the New Hope School," May 4 - June 2, 1990 (traveling to Doylestown, Michener Art Museum, June 16 - August 26, 1990).Lot Note:Redfield’s First Snow (1928), likely a depiction of the brook along River Road, north of Centre Bridge, Pennsylvania, captures the quiet grandeur of a narrow stream, a recurring motif within his body of work. Here, the water acts as a compositional guide—an invitation to explore the depths of a snow-laden forest. Rendered in characteristically thick, muscular brushstrokes, Redfield accords the landscape a kind of noble simplicity, reframing the starkness of winter as a full-throated celebration of rural beauty. Though devoid of figures, the scene brims with life; the meandering stream and subtle animations of sunlight and shadow suggest the potential for movement, change, renewal. Executed en plein air, First Snow attests to the visual and emotional complexities—indeed, the spirit—of both site and season.