JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER (1856-1915)
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ID 1507994
Lot 414 | JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER (1856-1915)
Valeur estimée
100000USD $ 100 000 – 150 000
A Rose
signed with initials 'JWA' (center left)
oil on canvas
40 ¼ x 22 ½ in. (102.2 x 57.2 cm.)
Painted in 1902
Provenance
Elizabeth A. Alexander, New York (wife of the artist, then by descent, until 1971).
James Graham & Sons, New York (1978).
Edward and Deborah Pollack, Palm Beach.
Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York (1994).
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1995.
Literature
"Paintings by John White Alexander" in New York Sun, 25 November 1902, p. 8.
"Art Exhibitions" in New York Tribune, 26 November 1902, p. 10.
H. Pene Du Bois, "Alexander at Durand-Ruel’s" in New York Journal, 28 November 1902.
"Attractive Portraits" in New York Evening Post, 28 November 1902.
"Brilliant Display of High-Class Art" in Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 January 1903, p. 2 (illustrated).
Philadelphia Press, 18 January 1903 (detail illustrated).
Philadelphia Public Ledger, 18 January 1903 (illustrated).
A.Z. Bateman, "The Fine Art Display at Philadelphia" in Brush and Pencil, February 1903, vol. XI, no. 5, p. 385 (illustrated).
C.H. Caffin, "American Studio Talk, Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy" in International Studio, March 1903, vol. XIX, no. 73, p. cxvi.
"The Fine Arts/The Worcester Art Museum’s Prize Exhibition" in Boston Evening Telegram, 4 June 1903.
"Art Notes" in Chicago Record Herald, 25 October 1903.
J.F. Buell, "Sixteenth Annual Art Exhibition in Chicago" in Brush and Pencil, November 1903, vol. XIII, no. 2, p. 135 (illustrated).
H. Monroe, "John W. Alexander, His Paintings" in The House Beautiful, January 1904, vol. XV, no. 2, p. 71.
"Pittsburgh Artists’ Work on Exhibition" in Pittsburgh Gazette, 3 January 1904.
Pittsburg Index, 9 January 1904.
Providence Journal, 14 February 1904.
"Alexander’s Work" in Louisville Herald, 27 November 1904.
C. Caffin, "John W. Alexander: The Painter of Idealized Sentiment, through Portraits of Women in Poses" in World’s Work, January 1905, vol. IX, p. 5691 (illustrated).
"Alexander Exhibition" in The Brooklyn Citizen, 9 April 1905, vol. XXXVII, no. 98, p. 8.
"Art and Artists" in Standard Union, 16 April 1905, vol. XLI, no. 286, p. 2.
C. Brinton, "The Art of John W. Alexander" in Munsey’s Magazine, September 1908, vol. XXXIX, no. 6, pp. 754-755.
The Globe, 10 January 1913.
"At the Union League Club" in Evening Mail, 11 January 1913.
A. von C., "Exhibitions on Now: Works by J. W. Alexander" in American Art News, 20 November 1915, vol. XIV, no. 7, p. 6.
"The John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition" in Pittsburgh Bulletin, 26 February 1916, p. 6.
H. St.-Gaudens, "John W. Alexander in the Theater" in The American Magazine of Art, July 1916, vol. VII, no. 9, p. 373 (illustrated).
"Many Handsome Bits of Art to Be Seen at Institute..." in The Milwaukee Daily News, 6 February 1917.
J.C. Van Dyke, American Painting and Its Tradition, as Represented by Inness, Wyant, Martin, Homer, La Farge, Whistler, Chase, Alexander, Sargent, New York, 1920, p. 229.
J.C. Van Dyke, American Painting and Its Tradition, Freeport, 1972, pp. 229, 231 and 234.
H.L. Earle, Biographical Sketches of American Artists, Collingswood, 1972, p. 24.
S.J. Moore, John White Alexander: In Search of the Decorative, Ph.D. Diss., City University of New York, 1992 (illustrated, fig. 83).
M.A. Goley, John White Alexander, An American Artist in the Gilded Age, London, 2018, pp. 145, 219 and 220.
Exhibited
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by John W. Alexander, November-December 1902, no. 13.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 72nd Annual Exhibition, January-February 1903, no. 310 (illustrated).
Boston, Saint Botolph Club, Pictures by John W. Alexander, March-April 1903, no. 10.
Worcester Art Museum, Summer Exhibition, May-October 1903, p. 7, no. 34.
Art Institute of Chicago, Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, October-November 1903, p. 12, no. 9.
New York, National Academy of Design, 79th Annual Exhibition, January 1904, p. 38, no. 131.
Providence, Tilden-Thurber, Co., Annual Exhibition, February 1904.
St. Louis, Universal Exposition, April-December 1904, no. 18.
Brooklyn, Pratt Institute, Twenty-Six Oil Paintings by John W. Alexander, April-May 1905, no. 8.
Richmond, The Art Association, Ninth Annual Exhibition, June 1905, no. 3 (illustrated).
New York, National Arts Club, John W. Alexander Retrospective Exhibition, February-March 1909, no. 45.
New York, Union League Club, January 1913.
Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings by John W. Alexander, February-March 1913, no. 18.
Boston, Arden Gallery, Exhibition of Selected Works by the Late John W. Alexander, November-December 1915, no. 24.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition, March 1916, pp. 34 and 59, no. 46.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art and Detroit Institute of Arts, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the Late John W. Alexander, May-November 1916.
Art Institute of Chicago, Special Exhibitions, December 1916-January 1917, no. 24.
Cincinnati Art Museum; Milwaukee Art Institute and Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Memorial Exhibition of Work by John White Alexander, January-March 1917.
St. Louis, City Art Museum, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by John White Alexander, April 1917, no. 23.
Colorado Springs Art Society, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the Late John White Alexander, May 1917, no. 23.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Special Exhibitions, June-August 1917, no. 21.
Toledo Museum of Art, Paintings by Great Masters: John White Alexander, September 1917, no. 171.
Rochester, The Memorial Art Gallery, John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition, October 1917, no. 21.
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by John White Alexander, November 1917, no. 21.
New York, Jordan-Volpe Gallery, American Art, 1994, pp. 4-5 (illustrated).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sargent, Chase, Cassatt: Master Paintings from a Private Collection, July-September 2006.
Montclair Art Museum, A Shared Love: Treasures of American Painting (1878-1919) from the Carol and Terry Wall Collection, May 2024-February 2025.
Further Details
We are grateful to Mary Anne Goley, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of John White Alexander, for her assistance with cataloging this lot.
| Artiste: | John White Alexander (1856 - 1915) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Huile sur toile |
| Style artistique: | Impressionnisme |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Peintures |
| Artiste: | John White Alexander (1856 - 1915) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Huile sur toile |
| Style artistique: | Impressionnisme |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Peintures |
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