Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West
Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
Mexican Farm Boy: Two Works
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
Conrad Wise Chapman
1842 - 1910
Mexican Farm Boy: Two Works
i.
Mexican Farm Boy
dated Mexico August 19th 1866 (lower left)
oil on card laid down on canvasboard
9 ⅛ by 8 ⅞ in.
23.2 by 22.5 cm.
Executed in Mexico on 19 August 1866.
ii.
Mexican Farm Boy
dated Mexico August 13th (lower right)
oil on card laid down on canvasboard
8 ⅞ by 6 ⅝ in.
22.5 by 16.8 cm.
Executed in Mexico on 13 August circa 1866.
Valentine Richmond History Center, Richmond
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Christie's, New York, 26 May 2005, lot 87
Acquired from the above by the present owner
a. Ben L. Bassham, Conrad Wise Chapman: Artist & Soldier of the Confederacy, Kent & London, 1998, fig. 108, p. 220, illustrated
San Diego, Timken Museum of Art, Conrad Wise Chapman: The Valley of Mexico, 1996-97, no. 12 & 18, pp. 46-48, illustrated
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