Lot 50
  • 50

Thomas Eakins 1844 - 1916

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Eakins
  • Mrs. Anna A. Kershaw
  • inscribed Jennie Dean Kershaw/from/Thomas Eakins/1903 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 1/4 by 20 1/4 in.
  • 61.6 by 51.4 cm

Provenance

Jennie Dean Kershaw (daughter of the sitter; gift from the artist)
Mrs. Caroline Ryan Foulke, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1957
Mrs. Ralph J. Hines, New York, 1958

Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Thomas Eakins Centennial 1844-1944, June-July 1944, no. 64, illustrated
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Thomas Eakins: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1961-March 1962, no. 89, p. 122, illustrated

Literature

Lloyd Goodrich, Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work, New York, 1933, no. 382, pp. 196-97

Condition

This work is in good condition. The canvas is lined. There are a number of pentimenti visible in the dress. Under UV: there are some dots of in painting in the background and a few tiny dots in the dress.
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