American Art

Jefferson David Chalfant

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Auction Closed

November 22, 10:23 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jefferson David Chalfant

1856 - 1931

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signed J.D. Chalfant. (lower left)

oil on canvas

canvas: 8 ⅛ by 6 ⅛ inches (20.6 by 15.5 cm)

framed: 13 ½ by 11 ½ inches (34.3 by 29.2 cm)

Painted in 1886.

Private collection, Detroit, Michigan
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1966
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, New Jersey, 1967 (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner, 1970

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum; Newark, New Jersey, The Newark Museum, Jefferson David Chalfant, June-November 1979, no. 42 (as Three Negro Boys Playing Soldier (Attention!))