Lot 108
  • 108

Robert Henri

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Henri
  • The Blue Tam
  • signed Robert Henri (lower left); titled The Blue Tam (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas laid down on cradled panel 
  • 24 by 20 inches
  • (61 by 50.8 cm)
  • Painted in 1918.

Provenance

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Steven Straw (sold: Phillips, New York, May 2, 1980, lot 113, as Tammy)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Chicago, Gage Gallery, 1918
New York, Macbeth Gallery, 1919
New York, Milch Gallery, 1920
Dayton, Ohio, (solo exhibition), 1920
New York, Milch Gallery, Paintings by Robert Henri, 1921
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1922
Philadelphia Art Club, 1922
New York, Artist's Gallery (possibly)
New York, Macbeth Gallery, Seventh Exhibition of Intimate Paintings, 1923, no. 39, illustrated
New York, Macbeth Gallery, 1925
Rochester, New York, Memorial Art Gallery, Exhibition of portraits by Robert Henri and landscapes by William J. Potter, 1926
New York, Macbeth Gallery, 1926
Lynchburg, Virginia, 1926
American Embassy, Paris, 1985-88 (on loan), p. 26, illustrated

Condition

Oil on canvas paid down on cradled panel. In generally good condition aside from surface dirt and scattered dots and dashes of turned inpaint. Under UV: Scattered dots, dashes, and lines of inpainting throughout.
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