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Property of a Lady
Lot Closed
July 26, 04:15 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Lady
SUSAN MACDOWELL EAKINS
1851 - 1938
PEONIES
signed Susan M. Eakins (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
The artist
Mr. and Mrs. Robert James, Kenneth City, Florida (bequest from above)
Richard York Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1991
According to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts' exhibition catalogue from 1973, the present work is the only surviving flower still life by the artist. The painting was mistakenly exhibited under her sister's name in the Art Club Gallery exhibition in Philadelphia in 1936.