The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Three Trees: Italy
1871
(American, 1836–1923)
Unframed: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington 1971.263
Location: Not on view
Description
The American painter Elihu Vedder spent almost all of his career after 1866 in Rome, where this small landscape was painted. The inscription shows that it was given as a souvenir to Edmund A. Ward of New York, who had purchased a large painting from the artist.- Edmund Augustus Ward, New York; Theodore Paul, Auburn, Maine; Vose Galleries, Boston [sold February 1971]; Sloan & Roman, New York; Purchased from B. Danenberg Galleries, N.Y. with monies previously given-11 December 1971.
- “Annual Report for 1971.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 6 (June 1972): 147–179. Reproduced: p. 156 www.jstor.org
- American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).Coshocton, Ohio, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art (7 July-1 November 1979); cat. not numbered.Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Art for Collectors (5 October-7 November 1971)
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.263