ID 1119080
Lot 208 | MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE (1819-1904)
Estimate value
$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
Cattleya Orchid with Two Brazilian Hummingbirds
13 ¾ x 18 in. (34.9 x 45.7 cm.)
oil on panel
signed and dated 'M.J. Heade 1871' (lower right)
Painted in 1871.
Provenance
Victor Spark, New York.
William Poplack, Detroit, Michigan, by 1975.
Godel & Co. Fine Art, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1990.
Literature
(Possibly) "Art Notes," New York Evening Post, January 27, 1871.
T.E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade, New Haven, Connecticut, 1975, pp. 139-40, 239, no. 134, illustrated.
F. Kelly, American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, pt. I, Washington, D.C., 1996, p. 292.
T.E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, pp. 94, 286, 291, 308, no. 431, illustrated.
M.A. Erhardt, E. Broun, The Norma Lee and Martin Funger Art Collection, Lunenberg, Vermont, 1999, pp. 16-17, illustrated.
| Artist: | Martin Johnson Heade (1819 - 1904) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Martin Johnson Heade (1819 - 1904) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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