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ROBERT GWATHMEY | Shelling Peas
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- Robert Gwathmey
- Shelling Peas
- signed Gwathmey (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 36 by 20 inches
- (91.4 by 50.8 cm)
- Painted circa 1945.
Provenance
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1966 (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 26, 1990, lot 224)
Private collection, New York
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, circa 1992
Private collection, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1966 (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 26, 1990, lot 224)
Private collection, New York
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, circa 1992
Private collection, New York
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The One Hundred and Fortieth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, January-February 1945, no. 23
Greenville, Delaware, Somerville Manning Gallery, American and European Masters: Art of the 19th - 20th Centuries, April-May 2015
Greenville, Delaware, Somerville Manning Gallery, American and European Masters: Art of the 19th - 20th Centuries, April-May 2015
Literature
Charles K. Piehl, "Anonymous Heroines: Black Women as Heroic Types in Robert Gwathmey's Art," Heroines of Popular Culture, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1987, fig. 10, p. 143
Condition
The canvas is unlined and there is minor frame abrasion at edges. There is scattered fine surface cracking. Under UV: the work retains an uneven varnish; there are some areas of inpainting in the background.
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.
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.