19th-Century European Art

19th-Century European Art

Property from the Collection of Robert Schwartz

Addison Thomas Millar

The Rug Merchant

Auction Closed

February 5, 09:31 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Robert Schwartz


Addison Thomas Millar

American 1860 - 1913

The Rug Merchant


signed lower right: Addison T. Millar, with fingerprint; initialed and inscribed on the reverse: The Rug Merchant / Acra and imprinted with the artist’s fingerprint

oil on canvas

canvas: 22 by 28 in.; 55.9 by 71.1 cm

framed: 27 ¾ by 33 ¾ in.; 70.5 by 85.7 cm

Acquired from the artist by John T. Lovett, Little Silver, New Jersey (by 1920);

Thence by descent to the present owner.

Illustrated catalogue of valuable paintings: The Collection of Mr. John T. Lovett, Anderson Galleries, New York 1920 (unsold, lot 58, as Rug Merchant in Algiers).

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