An example of Enneking’s mountain views, Crotched Mountain in October captures the idyllic countryside of southern New Hampshire as the greens of summer transform into the golden oranges of autumn. His impressionist brush adds strokes of color, a cluster of red in the distance, grayish-purples in the mountain itself, bringing with them a subtle balance to the composition.

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Technically located in three New Hampshire burgs, Crotched Mountain’s western slopes rise in Bennington, its southern edge is in Greenfield while the summit lies in the town of Francestown. Early settlers to the area noted the peak’s unique V-shaped peak, suggesting a fork, or “crotch,” of a tree, thereby giving the mountain its name.

Provenance:

From the artist to private collection, 1891

By descent in the same family collection, Hingham, Massachusetts

To Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 28112, October 1985

To private collection, Newbury, Massachusetts, November 1985

To Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 35394, September 2009

To private collection, Chatham, Massachusetts, July 2011 to present

Labels:

1). Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 28112

2). Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 35394

3). Treasure Gallery, Hingham, Massachusetts