Lot 86
  • 86

Theodore Robinson

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Theodore Robinson
  • Girl Seated, Writing
  • inscribed Th. Robinson/ H.E. Robinson/ Apr (lower right)
  • oil on canvas en bruneille
  • 25 by 20 in.
  • 63.5 by 51 cm.
  • Painted circa 1885

Provenance

Mrs. Agnes McCahill
Miss Frances Del Mar, New York
Mrs. Paul Blackwelder, St. Louis
Florence Lewisohn Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Glickman, New York
Private Collection

Exhibited

New York, Florence Lewison Gallery, October 8 - November 3, 1962
Albany Institute of History and Art, January 29 - March 3, 1963
The Baltimore Museum of Art; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Worcester Art Museum, Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), May - October, 1973
New York, Owen Gallery, Theodore Robinson, April 15-June 15, 2000

Literature

John I. Bauer, Theodore Robinson, New York, 1946, pp. 63 -64, no. 82
Kennedy Galleries, Theodore Robinson, American Impressionist, New York, 1966, p.11
Owen Gallery, Theodore Robinson, New York, 2000, p. 44-45 illustrated

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: a small repaint (probably a repaired crack) about 1 in. long, vertical) on girl's right cheek
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Catalogue Note

In the catalogue for the 1973 exhibition Theodore Robinson, Sona Johnston writes, "The inscripiton of this painting was most likely added by Hamline Robinson after his brother's death."