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Oliver Tarbell Eddy (1799 - 1868)
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Oliver Tarbell Eddy
- Three Works: Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose; Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose and Butterfly; Self-Portrait of Oliver Tarbell Eddy
- Oil on wood panel (large Young Girl), Oil on wood panel (small Young girl) and oil on tin (self-portrait)
- Young Girl: 39 by 29 in. and 14 by 10 in.Self-Portrait: 4 1/8 by 3 1/8 in.
Provenance
Joan Brownstein American Folk Paintings, Newbury, Massachusetts.
Exhibited
New York, American Folk Art Museum, Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America, October 6, 2016-February 26, 2017.
Literature
Stacy C. Hollander, Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America, (Dalton, MA: Studley Press, 2016) p. 101-103.
Condition
Small portrait of young girl has some craquelure throughout the surface but in healthy condition.
Large portrait of young girl has some inpainting in her forehead, chin and shoulders. Filling in craquelure and scattered inpainting in the background.
Self portrait is in overall very fine condition.
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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.
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
Paintings descended in the Tarbell Eddy family to the previous owner, and a letter describing their descent is attached to the Self Portrait. Eddy, born in Greenbush, Vermont, and trained by his father as an engraver, was a self-taught painter. He worked in New York City as a miniaturist and portrait painter in the mid 1820s and exhibited there at the National Academy of Design in 1827, before moving to New Jersey in 1831.
Eddy's portraits follow many conventions of formal portraiture of the period but are distinctly naïve in many respects. In this portrait, the child seems self-conscious and somewhat ill at ease posing for the artist.
Her expression is key to the charm she projects, and the patterns of her dress, the carpet she stands on and the floral vines on the table covering all serve to focus us on the intimate details surrounding her quiet presence.
Eddy's portraits follow many conventions of formal portraiture of the period but are distinctly naïve in many respects. In this portrait, the child seems self-conscious and somewhat ill at ease posing for the artist.
Her expression is key to the charm she projects, and the patterns of her dress, the carpet she stands on and the floral vines on the table covering all serve to focus us on the intimate details surrounding her quiet presence.