Two Centuries: American Art
Two Centuries: American Art
Sanford Robinson Gifford
The Arch of Nero at Tivoli
Lot Closed
October 6, 06:22 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sanford Robinson Gifford
1823 - 1880
The Arch of Nero at Tivoli
signed SRGifford and dated 1878 (lower left); also titled, signed again and dated 1878-9 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
canvas: 18 ⅜ by 16 ⅛ inches (46.6 by 41.1 cm)
framed: 32 by 28 inches (81.3 by 71 cm)
Painted circa 1871-79.
We wish to thank Dr. Ila Weiss, the leading Sanford Robinson Gifford scholar, for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
The artist
Mr. Schulyer Skaats, New York, 1881 (probably acquired from the above)
Private collection
By descent to the present owners
Mr. Schulyer Skaats, New York, 1881 (probably acquired from the above)
Private collection
By descent to the present owners
Waldo S. Pratt, A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881, no. 688, p. 44