Lot Essay
This work will be included in Patrick Bertrand's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Theodore Earl Butler.
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The Mill in the Flood, Giverny
Details
Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936)
The Mill in the Flood, Giverny
signed and dated 'T.E. Butler/'10' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23½ x 28 in. (60 x 71.1 cm.)
The Mill in the Flood, Giverny
signed and dated 'T.E. Butler/'10' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23½ x 28 in. (60 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, California, by 1974.
Tom Snyder Collection, by 1985.
The Frigon Collection.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 29 November 2001, lot 63.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, California, by 1974.
Tom Snyder Collection, by 1985.
The Frigon Collection.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 29 November 2001, lot 63.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Maxwell Galleries, Theodore Earl Butler: American Impressionist, exhibition catalogue, San Francisco, California, 1972, no. 717, illustrated.
R.J. Boyle, American Impressionism, Boston, Massachusetts, 1974, pp. 92, 119-20, illustrated.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Theodore Earl Butler: Emergence from Monet's Shadow, Chicago, Illinois, 1985, p. 338, pl. 75, illustrated.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Normandy and Its Artists Remembered: A 50th Anniversary of the Invasion, exhibition catalogue, Roslyn, New York, 1994, n.p.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., American Winter Scenes of Yesteryear, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1996, n.p.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Theodore E. Butler: An American Impressionist, exhibition checklist, Chicago, Illinois, 2000, illustrated.
R.J. Boyle, American Impressionism, Boston, Massachusetts, 1974, pp. 92, 119-20, illustrated.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Theodore Earl Butler: Emergence from Monet's Shadow, Chicago, Illinois, 1985, p. 338, pl. 75, illustrated.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Normandy and Its Artists Remembered: A 50th Anniversary of the Invasion, exhibition catalogue, Roslyn, New York, 1994, n.p.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., American Winter Scenes of Yesteryear, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1996, n.p.
R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Theodore E. Butler: An American Impressionist, exhibition checklist, Chicago, Illinois, 2000, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, Maxwell Galleries, Theodore Earl Butler: American Impressionist, June 16-July 15, 1972, no. 717.
Chicago, Illinois, R.H. Love Galleries, and elsewhere, Theodore Earl Butler: Emergence from Monet's Shadow, January 14-February 16, 1984, no. 16.
Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Normandy and Its Artists Remembered: A 50th Anniversary of the Invasion, June 12-September 11, 1994.
Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville Museum of Art, American Images from the Turn of the Century: The Frigon Collection, December 10, 1995-February 11, 1996.
Chicago, Illinois, R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., American Winter Scenes of Yesteryear, December 14, 1996-February 8, 1997.
Chicago, Illinois, R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Theodore E. Butler: An American Impressionist, December 16, 2000-January 31, 2001.
Chicago, Illinois, R.H. Love Galleries, and elsewhere, Theodore Earl Butler: Emergence from Monet's Shadow, January 14-February 16, 1984, no. 16.
Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Normandy and Its Artists Remembered: A 50th Anniversary of the Invasion, June 12-September 11, 1994.
Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville Museum of Art, American Images from the Turn of the Century: The Frigon Collection, December 10, 1995-February 11, 1996.
Chicago, Illinois, R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., American Winter Scenes of Yesteryear, December 14, 1996-February 8, 1997.
Chicago, Illinois, R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., Theodore E. Butler: An American Impressionist, December 16, 2000-January 31, 2001.