Lot 39
  • 39

Martin Johnson Heade 1819 - 1904

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Martin Johnson Heade
  • Red Rose with Ruby Throat
  • signed with the artist's monogrammed signature M.J. Heade (lower left)
  • oil on board
  • 11 3/4 by 9 7/8 inches
  • (29.8 by 25.1 cm)
  • Painted circa 1875-83.

Provenance

Sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 30, 1985, lot 23, illustrated
Graham Gallery, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Private Collection, Seattle, Washington (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 1989, lot 6, illustrated)
Godel & Co., New York
Renee Andre, Phoenix, Arizona
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York
Private Collection, North Carolina
Gift to the present owner from the above (her niece-in-law), 2009

Exhibited

West Palm Beach, Florida, Eaton Fine Art, Martin Johnson Heade, A Survey: 1840-1900, 1996, p. 46, illustrated in color p. 49
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, American Beauty: The Rose in American Art, 1800-1920, May-July 1997, pp. 20, 110, illustrated in color pl. 12, p. 42; also illustrated in color on the cover (detail)

Literature

Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, no. 463, p. 316, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition. There is fine craquelure visible throughout. Under UV: There are thin lines of inpainting to address craquelure in background at the center and upper right. There is also inpainting along the extreme edges.
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