American Art
American Art
Property from a Prominent Texas Collection
William McGregor Paxton
Bellissima
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Prominent Texas Collection
William McGregor Paxton
1869 - 1941
Bellissima
signed PAXTON and dated 1912 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 40 ¼ by 30 ¼ inches (102.3 by 76.8 cm)
framed: 49 by 39 inches (124.5 by 99.1 cm)
The artist
Metropolitan Theater, Boston, Massachusetts (acquired from the above)
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Arrowsmith, New York
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York, by 1966
Private collection, Michigan (sold: Sotheby's, Los Angeles, California, February 9, 1982, lot 232)
American Art Search, Inc., Seekonk, Massachusetts (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992
Metropolitan Theater, Boston, Massachusetts (acquired from the above)
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Arrowsmith, New York
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York, by 1966
Private collection, Michigan (sold: Sotheby's, Los Angeles, California, February 9, 1982, lot 232)
American Art Search, Inc., Seekonk, Massachusetts (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992
Letter, Director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis, to Paxton, June 21, 1912, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Ellen Wardwell Lee, et al., William McGregor Paxton 1869-1941, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1979, p. 113
Ellen Wardwell Lee, et al., William McGregor Paxton 1869-1941, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1979, p. 113