William M. Harnett 1848-1892

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Description

William Michael Harnett
New York Herald, January 9, 1880
signed with the artist's monogrammed signature W.M. Harnett and dated 1880, l.r.
oil on canvas
12 by 16 in.
(30.5 by 40.6 cm)

Provenance

The Downtown Gallery, New York
Dr. Harry Blutman
Kennedy Galleries, New York
John Hay Whitney, New York, 1961 (received as a Christmas gift from Mrs. Whitney, acquired from the above)
Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York, 1982

Exhibited

New York, The Downtown Gallery, Nature Vivre, April 1939, no. 7, illustrated

Literature

Alfred Frankenstein, After the Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters 1870-1900, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 1969, no. 62, pp. 60, 61, 171

Catalogue Note

Both of the Harnetts from the Whitney collection depict the New York Herald, which merged with the New York Tribune in 1922 to form the New York Herald Tribune of which Mr. Whitney was Editor-in-Chief and Publisher from 1961-1966. Mr. Whitney purchased Still Life with Mug, Pipe and New York Herald (New York Herald, March 10, 1880) in 1958, the year he acquired the newspaper. New York Herald, January 9, 1880 was a Christmas gift from Mrs. Whitney to her husband in 1961, the year he became Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. Mr. Whitney was subsequently Chairman of the International Herald Tribune from 1966 until his death in 1982.