Nostalgic Summer is a quintessential example of Eric Sloane's work, combining the artist’s personal reverence for the understated beauty of the old farmhouse and stone barn with dramatic lighting that emblazons the surrounding landscape in vivid reds and golds that evoke the changing seasons. There is a wonderful amount of detail found throughout the composition, from the old well sweep rising just beyond the home, to a cart parked alongside the barn and another just visible within the shadows of the open door, to an array of figures going about the necessary tasks for keeping the farm running.

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Provenance:

With Christie’s, New York, September 13, 1995

To private collection, West Virginia, 1995

By descent to the son of the above, private collection, Coalton, West Virginia, by 2024

Inscription:

1. (verso of Masonite in black) $2000.°° (crossed out) No Reproduction Rights / © / Eric Sloane / Cornwall Bridge / Conn.
2. (verso of Masonite in blue, with arrow pointing to space above, which may have contained an image of this or another work) This Painting’s Repro Rights (crossed out) Were Chosen / As Americana Series, First Prize

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Several stickers from Christie’s 1995 sale referenced above are found on the frame