"Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, snow was infrequent and ephemeral, always quickly melting away in the rain that followed. Snow-covered landscapes like in Ochtman’s Winter Afternoon were few and far between. This piece, with its expansive landscape, open sky, and gorgeous, muted blue tones and smatterings of cream and ochre, perfectly captures the magical joy of winter- the hush of snowfall, the hazy landscape fading into the horizon, and the dreamy tranquility of fresh snow. While Ochtman was almost entirely self-taught, his ability to convey such serenity in his paintings is breathtaking." - Molly Lynch, Gallery Assistant

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Provenance:

Private collection, North Amherst, Massachusetts

With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 26848, August 1981

To private collection, Dayton, Ohio, September 1981 to present 

Labels:

1. Salmagundi Club / Auction Sale / Title: Winter Afternoon / Artist: Leonard Ochtman / Address: Cos Cob Conn
2. Article from Art News, January 1963, affixed verso (about an Ochtman exhibition, possibly in Lewiston)
3. (on frame) MAM / This work exhibited at the Montclair Art Museum / Montclair, New Jersey / January 31 – March 14, 1971 / Paintings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Luria
4. (stamp on frame and lower stretcher) From the Collection of / Dr. & Mrs. M. Luria / Verona, New Jersey
5. Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 26848

Exhibitions:

Paintings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Luria, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, January 31 – March 14, 1971