All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector
RUSSELL SMITH | PENNYPACK
Lot Closed
January 21, 07:18 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Property from an Important American Collector
RUSSELL SMITH
1812 - 1896
PENNYPACK
signed with initials R.S. (lower right); also signed again Russell Smith, inscribed with title Pennypack. and dated 1880. (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
12 by 18 ⅛ inches
(30.6 by 46.1 cm)
The artist
Thomas Rothermel, gift from the above, 1883
Mrs. Susan MacDowell Eakins
Mark Lutz, acquired from the above, 1938
Raydon Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1974
The present work depicts Pennypack Park, located just outside of Philadelphia, where the artist Russell Smith lived and frequently painted. The present work was gifted by the artist to Mrs. Susan MacDowell Eakins, the wife of American painter Thomas Eakins, in 1883.