Frederick William Kost American, 1861-1923 Gathering Salt Hay at Brookhaven, Long Island Signed Kost. (lr); inscribed At Brook Haven, L.I. and signed F. W. Kost on the reverse Oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches Provenance: Cole Collection Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1986 This is an iconic subject for Frederick William Kost, who first began working on Long Island in 1892, and took particular interest in local traditions such as collecting salt hay. In Long Island Landscape Painting 1820-1920 [Boston, 1988, p. 132], Ronald G. Pisano writes of Kost's Long Island subjects: "In 1906 [Frederick William Kost] purchased a summer home in Brookhaven, Long Island, near the Great South Bay, and began painting scenes of this area... 'the country is flat, and fine trees are rare,' reported writer Ernest Ingersoll. 'In front of all stretches the broad, olive-green meadows of salt-marsh down to the shore of the still bay, beyond the low black line of the outer beach bounds the horizon. Poet Walt Whitman referred to the bay as an 'inexhaustible sea-mine, full of treasures, that are really worth as much as the mines of California.'' By the time Kost reached Brookhaven, these treasures, especially the bay's shellfish, had been much depleted. One that remained along the shores of the bay was a plentiful supply of salt hay growing in the coastal marshes. This hay was shipped to markets, such as the Bushwick Hay Market in Brooklyn, and sold as packing material, fodder and bedding for cattle, and mulch for crops. Kost's painting depicts the technique of harvesting this hay from sailing vessels. Like many other artists who were attracted to Long Island, Kost chose to focus on its serene atmosphere and nostalgic traditions. In 1920 he retired to his Brookhaven home and remained there until his death three years later. C Estate of Waldo Hutchins III
Tiny dent in sky at center with minuscule loss. Light craquelure. Few scattered strokes of inpaint in upper left corner. A few small strokes of inpaint at right edge. Very light surface grime.
Frederick William Kost American, 1861-1923 Gathering Salt Hay at Brookhaven, Long Island Signed Kost. (lr); inscribed At Brook Haven, L.I. and signed F. W. Kost on the reverse Oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches Provenance: Cole Collection Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1986 This is an iconic subject for Frederick William Kost, who first began working on Long Island in 1892, and took particular interest in local traditions such as collecting salt hay. In Long Island Landscape Painting 1820-1920 [Boston, 1988, p. 132], Ronald G. Pisano writes of Kost's Long Island subjects: "In 1906 [Frederick William Kost] purchased a summer home in Brookhaven, Long Island, near the Great South Bay, and began painting scenes of this area... 'the country is flat, and fine trees are rare,' reported writer Ernest Ingersoll. 'In front of all stretches the broad, olive-green meadows of salt-marsh down to the shore of the still bay, beyond the low black line of the outer beach bounds the horizon. Poet Walt Whitman referred to the bay as an 'inexhaustible sea-mine, full of treasures, that are really worth as much as the mines of California.'' By the time Kost reached Brookhaven, these treasures, especially the bay's shellfish, had been much depleted. One that remained along the shores of the bay was a plentiful supply of salt hay growing in the coastal marshes. This hay was shipped to markets, such as the Bushwick Hay Market in Brooklyn, and sold as packing material, fodder and bedding for cattle, and mulch for crops. Kost's painting depicts the technique of harvesting this hay from sailing vessels. Like many other artists who were attracted to Long Island, Kost chose to focus on its serene atmosphere and nostalgic traditions. In 1920 he retired to his Brookhaven home and remained there until his death three years later. C Estate of Waldo Hutchins III
Tiny dent in sky at center with minuscule loss. Light craquelure. Few scattered strokes of inpaint in upper left corner. A few small strokes of inpaint at right edge. Very light surface grime.
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