Lot 41
  • 41

Henry Inman 1801 - 1846

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Inman
  • The Children of Henry Livingston
  • oil on canvas
  • 42 1/2 by 60 1/4 in.
  • 108 by 153 cm.
  • Executed in 1827

Provenance

James Ricau, Piermont, New York
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1828, no. 74 (as Family Group of Six Children [H. Livingston])
Washington, DC, National Portrait Gallery, The Art of Henry Inman, 1987, no. 6, pp. 15 and 66, illustrated

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in generally good condition; abrasion along the edges, particularly along upper edge; surface is compressed from relining, but retention of colors and details is quite good UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: not available at time of cataloguing
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