Details
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "Courtship"
oil on canvas
14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1877-78.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Mrs. Thomas Eakins.
Rebecca Macdowell Garrett, Roanoke, Virginia, niece of the above.
Estate of the above.
Christie's, New York, 3 June 1983, lot 90.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
L. Goodrich, Thomas Eakins: His Life and Works, New York, 1933, no. 120.
G. Hendricks, The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, p. 164, illustrated.
North Cross School, Thomas Eakins, Susan Macdowell Eakins, Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton: An Exhibition of Paintings, Photographs, and Artifacts, exhibition catalogue, Roanoke, Virginia, 1977, p. 27, fig. 16, illustrated.
D. Sewell, Thomas Eakins: Artist of Philadelphia, exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1982, p. 59, no. 54, illustrated.
Exhibited
(Probably) New York, Babcock Galleries, Thomas Eakins, 1930, no. 8.
New York, Milch Galleries, Thomas Eakins, 1933, no. 15.
New York, Babcock Galleries, Thomas Eakins, 1939, no. 8.
Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Fine Arts Center, Nine Paintings by Thomas Eakins, 1960.
Roanoke, Virginia, North Cross School Living Gallery, Thomas Eakins, Susan Macdowell Eakins, Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton: An Exhibition of Paintings, Photographs, and Artifacts, September 18-October 2, 1977, no. 9.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Thomas Eakins: Artist of Philadelphia, May 29-August 4, 1982, no. 54.

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