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Thomas Waterman Wood
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Thomas Waterman Wood
- For Thanksgiving Day
- signed T.W. Wood and dated 1885 (lower left)
- watercolor, gouache and gum arabic with traces of pencil on paper laid down on canvas
- 30 by 15 inches
- (76 by 38 cm)
Provenance
Mrs. William H. Meeker, New York, 1885
Private Collection, Maryland
Private Collection, Maryland
Exhibited
New York, American Watercolor Society, Eighteenth Annual Exhibition, February 28, 1885
Literature
Harpers Weekly, "The Watercolor Exhibition of 1885", February 7, 1885, p. 89
Condition
Surface in good condition; work is laid down on a very fine canvas/linen which is tacked over a stretcher and backed by a panel (under the stretcher)
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The son of a local cabinet-maker, Thomas Waterman Wood was brought up in Montpelier, Vermont, where he worked in his father's furniture shop. In 1846, Wood traveled to Boston, where he may have studied with Chester Harding. A successful portraitist in the 1850s, Wood interrupted his career in 1858 to go to Paris to study the Old Masters and establish a studio. In the Louvre, he copied paintings by Gleyre, Titian, Greuze, Murillo and Rembrandt, while concentrating on genre subjects in his studio. He finally settled in New York in 1867 after years of travel and eventually became President of the American Water Color Society and served as the Vice President of the National Academy of Design.