Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston, Sold Without Reserve
Arthur Devis
Portrait of a Gentleman seated beneath a tree, full-length
No reserve
Lot Closed
May 26, 02:35 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston, Sold Without Reserve
Arthur Devis
Preston 1712 - 1787 Brighton
Portrait of a Gentleman seated beneath a tree, full-length
signed and dated lower left below the chair leg: Arthur Devis / 1765
oil on canvas
canvas: 30⅛ by 25⅛ in.; 76.5 by 63.8 cm.
framed: 37 by 31¾ in.; 94 by 80.6 cm.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frank;
J.M. Archibald;
By whom anonymously sold, London, Christie's, 2 May 1958, lot 102 (as mistakenly dated 1756);
There acquired by Cullun;
Possibly with Old Hall Gallery Ltd., Iden, Rye, Sussex;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 March 1966, lot 75 (as mistakenly dated 1756);
There acquired by D. Barclay;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman of Title'), London, Christie's, 24 April 1987, lot 87 (as mistakenly dated 1756);
There acquired.
J.M. Archibald;
By whom anonymously sold, London, Christie's, 2 May 1958, lot 102 (as mistakenly dated 1756);
There acquired by Cullun;
Possibly with Old Hall Gallery Ltd., Iden, Rye, Sussex;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 March 1966, lot 75 (as mistakenly dated 1756);
There acquired by D. Barclay;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman of Title'), London, Christie's, 24 April 1987, lot 87 (as mistakenly dated 1756);
There acquired.
E. G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries, New Haven 1980, p. 91, cat. no. 218.
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