The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
Property from the Najd Collection
Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Towing on the Nile
Lot Closed
March 30, 12:15 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Najd Collection
Frederick Arthur Bridgman
American
1847 - 1928
Towing on the Nile
signed and dated F A Bridgman 1875 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 90 by 151cm., 35½ by 59½in.
Framed: 135 by 197.5cm., 53 by 77¾in.
We would like to thank Dr. Ilene Susan Fort, Curator Emerita, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work.
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1983, lot 22
Mathaf Gallery, London
Purchased from the above
Mathaf Gallery, London
Purchased from the above
Henry Blackburn, Academy Notes, London, 1877, p. 36
H.C. Richardson, Academy Criticisms, London, 1877, p. 83, no. 344, listed
The Art Journal, London, 1877, p. 246
The Athenaeum, London, 1877, p. 675
Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 27, cited, p. 26, catalogued & illustrated
Gerald M. Ackermann, American Orientalists, Paris, 1994, pp. 42-43, catalogued & illustrated
H.C. Richardson, Academy Criticisms, London, 1877, p. 83, no. 344, listed
The Art Journal, London, 1877, p. 246
The Athenaeum, London, 1877, p. 675
Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 27, cited, p. 26, catalogued & illustrated
Gerald M. Ackermann, American Orientalists, Paris, 1994, pp. 42-43, catalogued & illustrated
London, Royal Academy, 1877, no. 344