Catalogue entry

Keywords

Locations:
- New Hope / Lambertville / Trenton »
Stylistic:
- Mature Expressionism »
Subjects:
- Delaware River / Canal Scenes »
- Winter scenes »
Time-frames:
- 1930-1949 »

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Classification: painting »

Theme: landscape »

Medium: Oil »

Support: on canvas »

JFF.331

Frozen Delaware

1939–40

Oil on canvas

20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

Signed lower right: John Folinsbee

Private collection

Provenance

Alderfer's Auction & Appraisals, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, 12/07/2007, lot 2127

Private collection, Florida

Estate of the artist

Christie's New York, 11/1991, lot 202

Jim's Fine Art Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

Private collection

Exhibitions

1940 Ferargil

Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, December.

1940 Dallas Museum

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 1940.

1990 Newman

Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, John F. Folinsbee: Following His Own Course, March 2–April 7, 1990, no. 20.

Published References

Vose 1972

Appraisal of Pictures, Estate of John F. Folinsbee, June 20, 1972. Boston: Vose Galleries, 1972, Boston: Vose Galleries, 1972, #521.

Stricker 1990

Stricker, Michele Pavon. John Folinsbee: Following His Own Course. Philadelphia: Newman Galleries, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia: Newman Galleries, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 8, b/w ill.

Jensen 2013

Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 269, cat entry.

Record last updated December 4, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Frozen Delaware, 1939–40 (JFF.331)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=331 (accessed on October 31, 2025).