Lot 34
  • 34

William Trost Richards 1833-1905

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • William Trost Richards
  • At Atlantic City
  • signed Wm. T. Richards and dated Phila. 1877, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 by 20 in.
  • (61.0 by 50.8 cm)

Provenance

Stryker Family, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bernard and S. Dean Levy, New York, 1975
JoAnn and Julian Ganz, Jr., Los Angeles, California, 1975 (sold: Christie's, New York, May 29, 1987, lot 23)
Richard York Gallery, New York, 1987 (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987

Exhibited

Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pertaining to the Sea, 1976, no. 46
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, An American Perspective, Nineteenth Century Art from the Collection of JoAnn and Julian Ganz, Jr., 1981-1982, no. 5, illustrated in color

Literature

Linda Ferber, William Trost Richards (1833-1906); American Landscape and Marine Painter, New York, 1980, pp. 245-248, 257, 431, 536, 538, illustrated figs. 205, 206

Condition

Good condition, lined; under UV: a cluster of small dots of retouching at center, a few other scattered pin dots. Some strokes of retouching on edges to address frame abrasion.
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