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Willard L. Metcalf 1858-1925
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Willard LeRoy Metcalf
- Purple, White and Gold
- signed W.L. Metcalf and dated 1903, l.r.
- oil on canvas
- 26 by 18 in.
- (66 by 45.7 cm)
- Painted at Old Lyme, Connecticut.
Provenance
Albert Milch, New York
By descent to his son, New Jersey
Ira Spanierman, New York, 1983
Private Collection, Maryland
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
Midwestern Corporate Collection (acquired from the above, 1985; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1994, lot 8, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
By descent to his son, New Jersey
Ira Spanierman, New York, 1983
Private Collection, Maryland
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
Midwestern Corporate Collection (acquired from the above, 1985; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1994, lot 8, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Exhibited
New York, Montross Gallery, 1909
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum; Evanston, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art; Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Down Garden Paths: The Floral Environment in American Art, 1983-84, p. 136, illustrated p. 78
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum; Evanston, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art; Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Down Garden Paths: The Floral Environment in American Art, 1983-84, p. 136, illustrated p. 78
Literature
Elizabeth de Veer and Richard J. Boyle, Sunlight and Shadow, New York, 1987, p. 74, illustrated in color no. 80
Catalogue Note
This work has been cut down from its original dimensions, 26 by 29 inches, to the present size but the signature and date are original.