Lot 1042
  • 1042

Ernest Hüpeden (c.1850 - 1911)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Ernest Hüpeden
  • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
  • signed Ernest Hüpeden lower left
  • oil on canvas laid down on board
  • 32 3/4 by 58 3/4 in.
signed Ernest Hüpeden lower left

Provenance

Private collection, Michigan;
Maze Pottinger Antiques, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Colonel Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbish, Cambridge, Maryland; 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, June 24, 1994, sale 6589, lot 530);
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia (acquired at the above sale); 
Stacy B. Lloyd III (her son), 2014.

Condition

The canvas has been mounted to a board. There is craquelure, primarily in the sky, and a few pindots of loss in the sky. Under UV: there is inpainting along the top edge, areas and dots of inpainting in the sky. There is a 8x1 inch horizontal line of inpainting extending from the upper right edge.
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.
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Catalogue Note

On June 27, 1864, Kennesaw Mountain, located about twenty miles northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, became the scene for one of the major battles of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The significant frontal assault launched by Union Major General William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston ended in a tactical defeat for the Union forces. Strategically, however, the battle failed to deliver the result that the Confederacy needed—a halt to Sherman's advance on the city of Atlanta.