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PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY
William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
What Have I Forgot?
Details
William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
What Have I Forgot?
signed and dated 'Wm.S. Mount/62' (lower right)--inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on board
8¼ x 6½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.)
What Have I Forgot?
signed and dated 'Wm.S. Mount/62' (lower right)--inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on board
8¼ x 6½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Samuel Putnam Avery, acquired from the above, 1862.
Henry H. Leeds & Miner, New York, 4 February 1867, Private Collection Oil Paintings by American Artists Made by Samuel P. Avery During the Last 15 years & Now to be Sold on Account of his Going to Europe, lot 60.
John Bohlen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Ralph W. Thomas, New Haven, Connecticut, by 1944.
Mrs. Ralph W. Thomas, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965.
Private collection, New London, Connecticut, circa 1976.
Mystic Fine Arts, Mystic, Connecticut, 22 February 1990, lot 175A.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2003.
Samuel Putnam Avery, acquired from the above, 1862.
Henry H. Leeds & Miner, New York, 4 February 1867, Private Collection Oil Paintings by American Artists Made by Samuel P. Avery During the Last 15 years & Now to be Sold on Account of his Going to Europe, lot 60.
John Bohlen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Ralph W. Thomas, New Haven, Connecticut, by 1944.
Mrs. Ralph W. Thomas, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965.
Private collection, New London, Connecticut, circa 1976.
Mystic Fine Arts, Mystic, Connecticut, 22 February 1990, lot 175A.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2003.
Literature
The Executive Committee of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, History of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, February 22, 1864, Brooklyn, New York, 1864, p. 59, no. 122 (as What Have I Forgotten).
E.P. Buffet, "William Sidney Mount/A Biography/The Story of Old-Time Life in Brookhaven North Told Through His Pictures/Ch. XLVI," Port Jefferson Times, Long Island, New York, 1924, p. 43.
B. Cowdrey, H.W. Williams, Jr., William Sidney Mount, 1807-1868: An American Painter, New York, 1944, p. 29, no. 119.
M. Naylor, The National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1861-1900, vol. II, New York, 1973, p. 666.
A. Frankenstein, William Sidney Mount, New York, 1975, pp. 361, 475, 484.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., The American Vasari: William Dunlap and His World, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1998, p. 30, no. 34.
G. Glueck, "Art Review; A Historian Who Wielded a Brush as Well as a Pen," The New York Times, January 8, 1999.
E.P. Buffet, "William Sidney Mount/A Biography/The Story of Old-Time Life in Brookhaven North Told Through His Pictures/Ch. XLVI," Port Jefferson Times, Long Island, New York, 1924, p. 43.
B. Cowdrey, H.W. Williams, Jr., William Sidney Mount, 1807-1868: An American Painter, New York, 1944, p. 29, no. 119.
M. Naylor, The National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1861-1900, vol. II, New York, 1973, p. 666.
A. Frankenstein, William Sidney Mount, New York, 1975, pp. 361, 475, 484.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., The American Vasari: William Dunlap and His World, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1998, p. 30, no. 34.
G. Glueck, "Art Review; A Historian Who Wielded a Brush as Well as a Pen," The New York Times, January 8, 1999.
Exhibited
New York, Dusseldorf Gallery, The Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, April 14-June 23, 1862, no. 365.
Brooklyn, New York, The Assembly Room of the Academy, Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, March 17-April 4, 1864, no. 122.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., The American Vasari: William Dunlap and His World, November 19, 1998-January 30, 1999, no. 34.
Brooklyn, New York, The Assembly Room of the Academy, Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, March 17-April 4, 1864, no. 122.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., The American Vasari: William Dunlap and His World, November 19, 1998-January 30, 1999, no. 34.