American (Setauket, NY 1807 - 1868 Setauket, NY)
The Artist Sketching, c. 1855
Painting
American
, 19th century
Oil on board
23.5 x 16.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
framed: 59.1 x 52.1 cm (23 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
framed: 59.1 x 52.1 cm (23 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Daniel A. Pollack, Class of 1960, American Art Acquisition Fund
, 2008.15
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts
, Marks
inscription: Inscription: in pencil on verso "property of Victor + Nina Sparks" CA5469
label: Sticker: No.56843 PICTURE
stamp: Stamps: two stamps in black on verso of composite board: "K PHOTO"
Provenance
Victor and Nina Spark, New York; Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth, New York, c. 1960s-1980; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York; Sarah Mleczko Fine Art, New York; private collection, 1994-2001; Richard Manoogian Collection, Detroit, 2001-2007; Michael Altman Fine Art, New York, 2007-2008.
Bibliography
Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., The American Painting Collection of Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth, exh. cat., (New York, 1970), p. 49, cat. 82
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Intimate American Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth, exh. cat., (Rockland, Maine, 1960), cat. 3
Margaret V. Wall, The Mount Brothers: An Exhibition, exh. cat., (Stony Brook, Long Island, 1974), cat. 94
Alfred V. Frankenstein, William Sidney Mount, (New York, 1975), p. 324, pl. 122
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, auct. cat., (New York, NY, 2001), lot. 99
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Intimate American Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth, exh. cat., (Rockland, Maine, 1960), cat. 3
Margaret V. Wall, The Mount Brothers: An Exhibition, exh. cat., (Stony Brook, Long Island, 1974), cat. 94
Alfred V. Frankenstein, William Sidney Mount, (New York, 1975), p. 324, pl. 122
American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, auct. cat., (New York, NY, 2001), lot. 99
Exhibition History
The Mount Brothers: An Exhibition, The Suffolk Museum at Stony Brook, 08/23/1947 - 09/28/1947
Intimate American Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, 08/04/1960 - 09/04/1960
The American Paintings Collection of Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth: An Exhibition for the Benefit of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., 11/10/1970 - 11/28/1970