ID 960993
Lot 272 | Jervis McEntee (1828-1891)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Near Kennebunkport, Maine
dated 'Oct 6.77' (lower right), inscribed with title 'near Kennebunkport' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 16 in. (29 x 40.7 cm.)
Painted in 1877.
Provenance
By descent from the artist to his executors, by whom sold at the following:
Catalogue of paintings by the late Jervis McEntee, N.A.: Ortgies & Co., New York, 30 March 1892, lot 150.
Private Collection, Darien, Connecticut, by 1980.
With Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, by whom acquired from the above.
SBC Communications, Inc., Texas, 1986-2007, by whom acquired from the above.
With Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, LLC, New York.
With Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, February 2013, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
SBC Communications, Inc., American Images: The SBC Collection of Twentieth-Century American Art, New York, 1996, p. 296.
Exhibited
New York, Debra Force Fine Art, Inc., A Diary Illuminated: Oil Sketches by Jervis McEntee, 12 November - 21 December 2007.
Artist: | Jervis McEntee (1828 - 1891) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Historical era: | Victorian period |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Jervis McEntee (1828 - 1891) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Historical era: | Victorian period |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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