That's Me Pumpkin

Details

John George Brown (1831-1913)
That's Me Pumpkin
signed and dated 'J.G. Brown .1874' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1874.

Provenance

Private collection, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Christie's, New York, 30 November 1990, lot 11, sold by the above.
Private collection, Chevy Chase, Maryland, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 2013, lot 55, sold by the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Literature

(Probably) New York Evening Post, December 31, 1873, p. 2 (as Some Pumpkins).
(Probably) "The Artist's Fund," New York Evening Mail, January 18, 1875, p. 2 (as Some Pumpkins).

Exhibited

(Probably) New York, Artists' Fund Society, 1875 (as Some Pumpkins).

Lot Essay

We would like to thank Martha Hoppin for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.

J.G. Brown produced a number of paintings during his 1873 summer at Boiceville, New York in the Catskills. The New York Evening Post described one such work Some Pumpkins as representing "a boy in a pumpkin field, evidently making a selection for a jack-o-lantern." When Some Pumpkins appeared in the annual Artists' Fund Society exhibition in 1875, the subject was described as "an impudent youngster striking a triumphant attitude in the golden corn field." The present work, That's Me Pumpkin, is likely the painting to which these critics referred.

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