[PORTLAND OREGON]

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Book desription: [19th century]. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches. Unsigned. Titled and dated on Kennedy Galleries labels. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries; Collection of Edward Eberstadt & Sons. Expertly conserved: relined, short tear in sky neatly repaired and inpainted; otherwise in excellent displayable condition, brightly colored and nicely varnished. Period-style softly gilt American exhibition frame. A charming American folk painting depicting life on a bright sunny day in the forested foothills above Portland, Oregon, at the time of its first settlement. The picture shows a newly constructed two-story house (or possibly an inn) on a wide dirt roadway, a mounted rider leading a draught-horse, a well dressed man and woman walking toward the building, and an idler lounging on the side of the road. Plainly visible in the near distance, at the point called "The Clearing" in early maps of the area, and straddling both banks of the Willamette River, are the buildings of the nascent city of Portland. Mount Hood and the Cascade Mountain Range rise in the background. Professional artists were scarce in the early days of Portland, first settled in 1845, and the graphic record is predominately based on government surveys. This beautiful picture, probably made in the late 19th century by a talented folk artist, is a handsome representation of early Portland, accurately depicting the topography and beginnings of the city. William H. Gerdts, Art Across America: The Plains States and the West (New York, London, Paris: Abbeville Press, 1990), pp.183-198.

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