Mount's Kitchen

Details

William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)
Mount's Kitchen
oil on paper laid down on board
7 x 10 ½ in. (17.8 x 26.7 cm.)

Provenance

[With]Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1958.
[With]Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1969.
Private collection, New York.
Christie's, New York, 1 June 1984, lot 47.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Elizabeth Beaman

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts the kitchen hearth of William Sidney Mount's home in Stony Brook, Long Island, New York. Built in 1725, the house also contained the artist's studio on the third floor. In 1965, the property was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

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