Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being compiled by Patrick Bertrand.
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Theodore Earl Butler (1860-1936)
A Tiller of the Soil
Details
Theodore Earl Butler (1860-1936)
A Tiller of the Soil
signed and dated 'TE Butler 94' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23½ x 28¾ in. (56.7 x 73 cm.)
A Tiller of the Soil
signed and dated 'TE Butler 94' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23½ x 28¾ in. (56.7 x 73 cm.)
Provenance
Alfred L. Willson.
By bequest to the present owner from the above, 1941.
By bequest to the present owner from the above, 1941.
Literature
R.H. Love, Theodore Earl Butler: Emergence from Monet's Shadow, Chicago, Illinois, 1985, pp. 138-40, fig. 14-2, illustrated.
Accent on Landscape: Paintings by Ohio Artists from the Permanent Collection, Columbus, Ohio, 1987, n.p.
N. Roberts, The American Collections, New York, 1988, p. 219.
E. Murray, Giverny: A Book of Days, Petaluma, California, 1989, n.p.
R. Gomes, Impressions of Giverny: A Painter's Paradise 1883-1914, Rohnert Park, California, 1995, n.p., pl. 46.
Accent on Landscape: Paintings by Ohio Artists from the Permanent Collection, Columbus, Ohio, 1987, n.p.
N. Roberts, The American Collections, New York, 1988, p. 219.
E. Murray, Giverny: A Book of Days, Petaluma, California, 1989, n.p.
R. Gomes, Impressions of Giverny: A Painter's Paradise 1883-1914, Rohnert Park, California, 1995, n.p., pl. 46.
Exhibited
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Paintings by Artists of Central Ohio, February 17-March 31, 1942.
Parkersburg, West Virginia, Parkersburg Art Center, Exhibition of American Impressionist Painting, March 21-May 17, 1987.
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Accent on Landscapes: Paintings by Ohio Artists from the Permanent Collection, December 13, 1987-Januaray 7, 1988.
Parkersburg, West Virginia, Parkersburg Art Center, Exhibition of American Impressionist Painting, March 21-May 17, 1987.
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Accent on Landscapes: Paintings by Ohio Artists from the Permanent Collection, December 13, 1987-Januaray 7, 1988.
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