19th-Century European Art

19th-Century European Art

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Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S.

Lovers of the Sun

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein


Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S.

English 1858 - 1929

Lovers of the Sun


signed and dated lower left: H. S. Tuke 1923

oil on canvas

canvas: 48 by 36 ¼ in.; 121.9 by 92.1 cm

framed: 62 ½ by 50 in.; 158.8 by 127 cm

The Artist (until at least 1923);

By whom sold to a "Pittsburgh millionaire," February 1923 (according to the artist's register);

With The Fine Art Society, Ltd., London (by December 1979);

Richard W. Weatherhead, New York;

By whose executors sold, Christie's, New York, 25 May 1988, lot 435;

Sale, Christie’s, London, 9 November 1989, lot 29;

Where acquired by the present owner.

The British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, Palace of Arts, exhibition catalogue, London 1924, p. 41, no. 23, illustrated.

British Paintings, Grand Central Art Galleries, exhibition catalogue, New York 1925, pp. 9, 34, no. 70, illustrated. 

B. D. Price (ed.), The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929), Falmouth 1983, R1023.

C. Dinn, D. Wainwright, Henry Scott Tuke: 1858-1929, Under Canvas, London 1989, pp. 117, 120, 128, 144, no. 98, illustrated (in a black & white photograph of the artist).

London, Royal Academy, Annual Exhibition, 1923, no. 175

London, Wembley Park, Palace of Arts, The British Empire Exhibition, 1924, no. 23

New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Retrospective Exhibition. British Paintings, 10 January-28 February 1925, no. 70