Village on Cape Ann
Signed lower left: J. JEFFREY GRANT
Description
Schooled in the European academic tradition, James Jeffrey Grant brought to his canvasses an intelligent and disciplined feeling for design, form, and color, all elements on display in Village on Cape Ann. The view seen here captures an assemblage of homes and fishing shacks situated near one of the region’s many charming coves, with a pair of fishermen plying their trade on a vessel in the foreground. Composed with the artist’s distinctive brushwork, the painting reveals Grant’s fondness for depicting the town’s residents going about their lives, and exudes the tranquility and warmth of the Cape Ann region that inspired Grant over two decades of summers spent there.
Provenance
The artist
To private collection, Chicago area
By gift to the niece of the above, private collection, Savannah, Georgia, for decades until her passing in 2020
To the husband of the above, private collection, Great Falls, Montana, 2020 to present
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Exhibitions
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Condition
Very good. The painting was recently cleaned and was lined with ethyl vinyl acetate on linen to address stress cracking in the sky and along the upper stretcher bar. There are thin lines of in-paint through the right sky, and more localized clusters of thin lines in the center and left parts of the sky, with a few very thin lines in the treetops.
