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WINSLOW HOMER | The Chestnut Tree
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Winslow Homer
- The Chestnut Tree
- signed Winslow Homer and dated 1878 (lower left)
- watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
- 14 1/4 by 20 1/2 inches
- (36.2 cm by 52.1 cm)
Provenance
The artist
Sold: Wm. A Butters & Co., Chicago, Illinois, Original Water Color and Charcoal Sketches from Nature by Winslow Homer, N.A., December 10, 1879
Alden Finney Brooks, Chicago, Illinois (acquired at the above sale)
Carol Louise Brooks MacNeil, New York, 1932 (his daughter, the artist, by descent)
Hermon Atkins MacNeil, New York, circa 1944 (her husband, the artist, by descent)
Milch Galleries, New York, 1946
Private collection, circa 1950 (acquired from the above)
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1988
Sold: Wm. A Butters & Co., Chicago, Illinois, Original Water Color and Charcoal Sketches from Nature by Winslow Homer, N.A., December 10, 1879
Alden Finney Brooks, Chicago, Illinois (acquired at the above sale)
Carol Louise Brooks MacNeil, New York, 1932 (his daughter, the artist, by descent)
Hermon Atkins MacNeil, New York, circa 1944 (her husband, the artist, by descent)
Milch Galleries, New York, 1946
Private collection, circa 1950 (acquired from the above)
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1988
Exhibited
(probably) New York, The Century Association, January 11, 1879, no. 52 (as Chestnutting)
(probably) New York, American Water Color Society, Twelfth Annual Exhibition, February-March 1879, no. 54
(probably) New York, American Water Color Society, Twelfth Annual Exhibition, February-March 1879, no. 54
Literature
Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 to March 1881, vol. III, New York, 2008, no. 742, p. 166, illustrated
Condition
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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.
Catalogue Note
The present work was formerly in the collection of sculptors Carol Louise Brooks MacNeil and Hermon Atkins MacNeil. Carol MacNeil was associated with the White Rabbits, the group of female sculptors who worked alongside Lorado Taft at The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Her husband, the sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil, was known for his Native American subjects as well as his public monuments celebrating American heroes.