ROBERT FREDERICK BLUM (1857-1903)
23.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1539444
Lot 336 | ROBERT FREDERICK BLUM (1857-1903)
Estimate value
15000USD $ 15 000 – 25 000
Geisha at her Toilet
stamped with artist's device 'Blum' (lower right)
pastel on paperboard
14 ¼ x 11 ½ in. (36.2 x 29.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1891-92.
Provenance
Alfred Corning Clark, New York.
Private collection, New York, by descent from the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Private collection, Atherton, California, 1987.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1995.
Exhibited
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., American Masterworks on Paper, November 23, 1985-January 4, 1986, pp. 6, 25, no. 21, illustrated (as Geisha).
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Favorite Places: Landscapes and Interiors by American Impressionists, May 18-June 24, 1995, p. 8, illustrated (as Geisha).
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, American Artists in Japan, May 21-June 29, 1996.
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Archives of American Art, No Day Without a Line: Whistler in the Archives of American Art, October 9, 2003-January 14, 2004.
| Artist: | Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903) |
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| Applied technique: | Pastel on paper |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903) |
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| Applied technique: | Pastel on paper |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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