Little Sea Bather

Details

Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927)
Little Sea Bather
signed 'E Potthast' (lower left)
oil on board
12¼ x 16 in. (31.1 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
Estate of the above.
E.H. Potthast II, nephew of the artist.
Louise Potthast Schumacher, grandniece of the artist.
The Merrill J. Gross Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio, acquired from the above.
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York.
Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1986, lot 207.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Edward Henry Potthast, N.A., 1857-1927, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1973, n.p., no. 3.

Exhibited

Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1965, no. 3 (as Timidity).
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art, 1965, no. 3.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Taft Museum, 1968, no. 9.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Merrill J. Gross Collection: Edward H. Potthast, N.A., 1857-1927, March 16-April 22, 1973, no. 3.

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