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Thomas Eakins
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Thomas Eakins
- Untitled (Portrait of a Girl in Puff Sleeves)
- oil on canvas
- 24 by 20 in.
- 61.0 by 50.8 cm.
- Painted circa 1899.
Provenance
Susan Macdowell Eakins (the artist's wife), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1916
Babcock Galleries, New York, 1939
Milch Galleries, New York, 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn (acquired from the above), 1959
Gift from the above, 1966
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, May-September 1977, no. 81, illustrated p. 150
Literature
Lloyd Goodrich, Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work, New York, 1933, no. 272, p. 185
Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, no. 105, illustrated p. 325
Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, no. 105, illustrated p. 325
Condition
Canvas is lined. SURFACE: lining has compressed canvas surface, although retention of details and colors is good UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: 4 small spots of inpaint--one on her right temple; one on her earlobe; another above her ear (in her hair) and one in background near left edge, center
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.