Auction Closed
November 19, 04:22 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE
1819 - 1904
TWO RUBY THROATS BY THEIR NEST
oil on board
5 ½ by 6 ⅜inches
(14 by 16.2 cm)
Painted in 1862-63.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming supplement to Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.'s catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Mrs. George Dennett (Mabel Drake), Boston, Massachusetts
Private collection (her granddaughter, by descent; sold: Sotheby’s, New York, May 22, 2002, lot 138)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale