Boats in an Inlet, Long Island
Signed lower right: WALTER FARNDON NA
Description
Boats in an Inlet, Long Island was a gift from the artist to Herbert Coope, who was an executive of the company and with whom Walter Farndon and his sister Eunice shared a home in Douglaston, New York, on the eastern end of Long Island, for decades. Rendered with Farndon’s characteristic impasto and appealing palette, the scene depicts one of Long Island’s tranquil coves, possibly near Roslyn or Sea Cliff, according to an inscription on the back. The painting descended in the Coope family for three generations.
(verso of board in black) Bend of the Road / ½ way between Sea Cliff /
and Roslyn – featuring below a map in graphite detailing the location where the artist painted
Provenance
The artist
To Herbert Coope, an executive of the masonry company for whom Farndon worked and also a housemate of the artist’s, Long Island, New York, circa early 1900s
By descent in the family for three generations to private collection, Delaware, until 2025
Inscriptions
(verso of board in black) Bend of the Road / ½ way between Sea Cliff / and Roslyn
Labels
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Excellent. The painting has no obvious in-paint.
Frame Details
Description
Boats in an Inlet, Long Island was a gift from the artist to Herbert Coope, who was an executive of the company and with whom Walter Farndon and his sister Eunice shared a home in Douglaston, New York, on the eastern end of Long Island, for decades. Rendered with Farndon’s characteristic impasto and appealing palette, the scene depicts one of Long Island’s tranquil coves, possibly near Roslyn or Sea Cliff, according to an inscription on the back. The painting descended in the Coope family for three generations.
(verso of board in black) Bend of the Road / ½ way between Sea Cliff /
and Roslyn – featuring below a map in graphite detailing the location where the artist painted
Provenance
The artist
To Herbert Coope, an executive of the masonry company for whom Farndon worked and also a housemate of the artist’s, Long Island, New York, circa early 1900s
By descent in the family for three generations to private collection, Delaware, until 2025
Inscriptions
(verso of board in black) Bend of the Road / ½ way between Sea Cliff / and Roslyn
Labels
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Excellent. The painting has no obvious in-paint.
