EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)

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Lot 30 | EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)
EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)Washington Crossing the Delawaresigned ‘E. Leutze’ (lower right)oil on canvas40 x 68 in. (101.6 x 172.7 cm.)Painted in 1851. Provenance Goupil, Vibert & Company, New York, commissioned from the artist, until 1858. Alexander White, (probably) acquired from the above, by 1859.Sale: Henry Leeds and Co., New York, 22 May 1863, sold by the above.William H. Webb, New York, acquired from the above.Sale: H.D. Miner's Art Gallery, New York, First Evening's Sale, A Very Fine Assemblage of Works of Art; Comprising the Private Gallery of Paintings, Statuary, Bronzes and Art Library of Mr. Wm. H. Webb, 29-30 March 1876, lot 65, sold by the above.Stephen R. Lesher, New York, (probably) acquired from the above. Arthur Lawrence Lesher, New York, by descent, 1895.Mrs. Arthur Lawrence Lesher, New York, by descent, 1931.Mrs. Dewey Everett, New York, by descent, 1946.Mr. Francis Dewey Everett, Jr., New York, by descent, 1953.Ambassador and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II, New York, acquired from the above, 1967.Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 25 October 1973, lot 13, sold by the above (as Eastman Johnson, after Emanuel Leutze).Duane Hillmer, Omaha, Nebraska, acquired from the above.Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 20 April 1979, lot 28, sold by the above (as Eastman Johnson, after Emanuel Leutze).Manoogian Collection, Taylor, Michigan, acquired from the above.Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2014. Literature “The Paintings in the Crystal Palace,” The Evening Post, New York, September 13, 1853, p. 2.“The World of Art. Gallery of Paintings at the Crystal Palace,” New York Herald, September 18, 1853, p. 6. “Fine Arts,” The Church Record, vol. II, no. 12, Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 1859, p. 188. “Advertisement by Henry H. Leeds, Auctioneer,” The Evening Post, New York, May 16, 1863, p. 4. “Advertisement by Henry H. Leeds, Auctioneer,” New York Daily Herald, May 21, 1863, p. 7. “Sale of Works of Art,” New-York Daily Tribune, May 23, 1863, p. 4. A.T. Andreas, History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: From the Fire of 1871 until 1885, vol. III, Chicago, Illinois, 1886, p. 759. “The Metropolitan Museum Re-Opening,” The Art Amateur, vol. 34, no. 1, December 1895, p. 3.W. Walton, Scribner’s Magazine, vol. 40, no. 3, September 1906, p. 267 (as Eastman Johnson).E. French, "An American Portrait Painter of Three Historical Epochs," World's Work, vol. 13, no. 2, December 1906, p. 8323 (as Eastman Johnson). B.J. Cigrand, “This is the Limit! Did Washington Cross the Rhine and Not the Delaware?,” The Washington Post, January 11, 1914, p. MS1 (as Eastman Johnson). “Rare Canvas on Sale,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1932, p. 3. J.I.H. Bauer, An American Genre Painter, Eastman Johnson, Brooklyn, New York, 1940, p. 13 (as Eastman Johnson).F. von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, Germany, 1948, p. 894, no. 20 (as Washington Übergang über den Delaware). R.L. Stehle, “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” Pennsylvania History, vol. XXXI, July 1964, pp. 275, 291-93.“The Sun Magazine,” The Sunday Baltimore Sun, July 9, 1967, p. 4, cover illustration. J.W. Middendorf II, “Collecting American Nineteenth Century Art,” Antiques, November 1967, p. 684, fig. 5, illustrated (as dated 1853). J.K. Howat, “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, March 1968, pp. 291, 293, no. 3, illustrated. NBC television, “Meet George Washington,” April 24, 1969. P. Hills, Eastman Johnson, New York, 1972, p. 11 (as Eastman Johnson).P. Hills, “The Genre Painting of Eastman Johnson: The Sources and Development of His Style and Themes,” Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1973, pp. 36-40, 196, fig. 11, illustrated (as Eastman Johnson).Newsweek, vol. 83, 1974, p. 13. The Collectors Institute Ltd., Postcard for Expo ‘74, Omaha, Nebraska, 1974, illustrated (as Emanuel Leutze/Eastman Johnson).B. Cotter, Spokane’s Expo ’74, Charleston, South Carolina, 1974, p. 58 (as Eastman Johnson).(Possibly) B.S. Groseclose, “’Washington Crossing the Delaware’: The Political Context,” The American Art Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, November 1975, pp. 73-74. Akron Beacon Journal, May 23, 1976, p. 197.United States “American Bicentennial Issues: Souvenir Sheets” stamps, issued May 29, 1976, illustrated (as Emanuel Leutze/Eastman Johnson).R.L. Stehle, The Life and Works of Emanuel Leutze, Washington, 1976, pp. 28, 37, 44-48. P. Aurandt, Paul Harvey’s Rest of the Story, New York, 1977, p. 227.R. Reif, “Auctions: American art to have its day,” New York Times, April 13, 1979, p. C25, illustrated (as Eastman Johnson).S.B. Conroy, “Art for the White House,” Washington Post, May 19, 1979, illustrated (as Eastman Johnson, after Emanuel Leutze).Danforth Museum, American Artists in Dusseldorf, 1840-1865, exhibition catalogue, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1982, pp. 10, 50, no. 56, illustrated (as Emanuel Leutze and Eastman Johnson).N. Spassky, et al., American Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. II, New York, 1985, pp. 21-24 (as Eastman Johnson in collaboration with Leutze).L.H. Giese, “Winslow Homer, Painter of the Civil War,” Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1985, p. 191 (as Eastman Johnson assisting Emanuel Leutze).J. Brinkley, The Circus Master’s Mission, New York, 1989, p. 54 (as Eastman Johnson).R. Hurlbut, “The Painted Past,” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, August 21, 1994 (as Eastman Johnson with Emanuel Leutze).L.P. Masur, “Review; Picturing History: American Painting, 1770-1930,” The Journal of American History, vol. 81, no. 3, December 1994, p. 1220 (as Eastman Johnson).K. Bott, Deutsche Künstler in Amerika 1813-1913, Weimar, Germany, 1996, p. 145, no. 57 (as Emanuel Leutze with the extensive collaboration of Eastman Johnson, Washington Überquert den Delaware).J.K. Howat, “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” German-American Cultural Review, Spring 1997, p. 63. T.A. Carbone, P. Hills, Eastman Johnson: Painting America, exhibition catalogue, Brooklyn, New York, 1999, pp. 18, 45n48, fig. 6, illustrated (as Eastman Johnson). T.A. Carbone, et al., American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum, vol. 2, Brooklyn, New York, 2006, p. 703 (as Eastman Johnson after Emanuel Leutze).L. Bantel, P.H. Hassrick, Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney, Cody, Wyoming, 2006, p. 92 (as Emanuel Leutze and Eastman Johnson).D. McCullough, 1776: The Illustrated Edition, New York, 2007, pp. 202-03, illustrated (as Eastman Johnson after Emanuel Leutze). J. Wierich, “Against the Current: Washington Crossing the Delaware and the End of History Painting,” in B. Baumgärtel, ed., The Düsseldorf School of Painting and Its International Influence 1819-1918, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2011, pp. 122-23, fig. 2, illustrated (as Eastman Johnson commissioned by Emanuel Leutze). J. Wierich, Grand Themes: Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, and American History Painting, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2012, pp. 131, 179n1 (as Emanuel Leutze with the assistance of Eastman Johnson). K.S. Bodman, Trust But Verify, Washington, D.C., 2018, p. 23 (as Emanuel Leutze and Eastman Johnson). Exhibited New York, The Crystal Palace, Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, July 14, 1853-1854, p. 20, no. 616.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Thirty-first Annual Exhibition, May-June 1854, p. 5, no. 48. Chicago, Illinois, Burch's Building, Chicago Exhibition of the Fine Arts, First Exhibition of Statuary, Paintings, Etc., May 1859, p. 4, no. 17.New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Retrospective Exhibition of American Paintings, 1895, p. 39, no. 123. (Possibly) New York, Bryant Park, Washington Bicentennial Exhibition, June 1932. New York, Century Association, Exhibition of Work by Emanuel Leutze, February 7-March 3, 1946, no. 22. New York, The Union League Club, 1951-67, on extended loan.Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Paintings and Historical Prints from the Middendorf Collection, July 9-November 26, 1967, pp. 38-39, no. 26, illustrated. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, History Paintings—Various Aspects, February 15-May 17, 1968. Washington, D.C., The White House, 1972-73, on loan.Spokane, Washington, The World’s Fair, Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water, May 4-November 3, 1974, pp. 9, 55, no. 16 (as Emanuel Leutze/Eastman Johnson).Washington, D.C., The U.S. State Department, circa mid-1970s, on loan. Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, circa mid-1970s, on loan. Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: Freedom Is the Only King, January 16-March 14, 1976, pp. 38-39, 83-84, no. 57, fig. 23, illustrated (as Emanuel Leutze With Eastman Johnson). Düsseldorf, Germany, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, The Hudson and the Rhine: Die amerikanische Malerkolonie in Düsseldorf im 19. Jahrhundert, April 4-May 16, 1976, pp. 69-70, no. 105, cover illustration (as Washington Überquert Den Delaware).Washington, D.C., The White House, 1979-2014, on extended loan.Washington, D.C., National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, G. Washington, A Figure Upon the Stage: An Exhibition in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of His Birth, February 22, 1982-January 7, 1983, pp. 50-51, fig. 25, endsheet illustration (as Eastman Johnson, after Emanuel Leutze).New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art; Miami, Florida, Center for the Fine Arts; Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, Picturing History: American Painting, 1776-1930, September 28, 1993-November 13, 1994, pp. 6, 183, no. 166, pl. 124, cover illustration (as Eastman Johnson & Emanuel Leutze).Winona, Minnesota, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, 2015-22, on extended loan. Post Lot Text We would like to thank Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, and Dr. Patricia Hills and Abigael MacGibeny of the Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné, for their assistance in researching this lot.
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