Lot 30
  • 30

Bertram Hartman 1882-1960

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Bertram Hartman
  • Two Natures
  • signed Bertram Hartman and dated 1913, l.l.; titled Two Natures on the artist's studio label affixed to the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 39 in.
  • 76.2 by 99 cm.

Provenance

Spencer A. Samuels & Co., Ltd., New York
(Sale:  Christie's, London, June 27, 1988, lot 747, Important Symbolist Paintings & Drawings)
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994

Exhibited

San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915, no. 3243, illustrated in the catalogue
San Francisco, Department of Fine Arts, Post-Exposition of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1916, no. 5025, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Spencer A. Samuels & Co., Ltd., Symbolists, 1970, no. 70, p. 37

Literature

Berry-Hill Galleries, American Paintings VI, New York, 1990, pp. 154-55, illustrated 

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in generally good condition; varnish is dirty; work is painted with thick impasto--there are a few small, scattered losses UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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