American Art
American Art
Property of The Newark Museum of Art, Sold to Support Museum Collections
Thomas Eakins
Portrait of Dr. Joseph Leidy, II
Auction Closed
May 19, 03:38 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Newark Museum of Art, Sold to Support Museum Collections
Thomas Eakins
1844 - 1916
Portrait of Dr. Joseph Leidy, II
signed Eakins (lower right); also initialed T.E. (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
50 by 36 inches
(127 by 91.4 cm)
Painted in 1890.
The artist
Mrs. Thomas Eakins (his wife)
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wallace M. Scudder, 1935 (acquired from the above)
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1935
Mrs. Thomas Eakins (his wife)
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wallace M. Scudder, 1935 (acquired from the above)
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1935
Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Catalogue of Paintings of Thomas Eakins," The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, March 1930, v. 25, p. 25, no. 133
American Art in the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1981, p. 120, illustrated (as Man in the Red Necktie)
American Art in the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1981, p. 120, illustrated (as Man in the Red Necktie)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Portraits of Prominent Philadelphians by Distinguished Artists, January 1929, no. 45
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, A Collection of Paintings by Thomas Eakins given to the Museum by his wife Susan Macdowell Eakins and their friend Miss Mary A. Williams, March-April 1930
Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, American Paintings, and Sculpture: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collections, 1944, no. 35, p. 76, illustrated
Madison, New Jersey, Drew University, February-March 1961
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, A Collection of Paintings by Thomas Eakins given to the Museum by his wife Susan Macdowell Eakins and their friend Miss Mary A. Williams, March-April 1930
Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, American Paintings, and Sculpture: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collections, 1944, no. 35, p. 76, illustrated
Madison, New Jersey, Drew University, February-March 1961