American Art

MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE | TWO RUBY THROATS BY THEIR NEST

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