John Mix Stanley (1814-1872)
John Mix Stanley (1814-1872)
John Mix Stanley (1814-1872)
John Mix Stanley (1814-1872)
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JOHN MIX STANLEY (1814-1872)

The Abduction

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JOHN MIX STANLEY (1814-1872)
The Abduction
signed and dated 'Stanley/1847/California' (lower left)—signed and dated again and inscribed 'Presented to Parson Price/with the compliments of the artist/San Francisco/California' (on the reverse)
oil on board
12 5⁄8 x 17 5⁄8 in. (32 x 44.7 cm.)
Painted in 1847.
Provenance
The artist.
Parson Price, San Francisco, California, gift from the above, 1847.
Lee B. Anderson, New York, 1961.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1973.
Kodner Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1977.
Gordon Fraser, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Michael N. Altman & Co., Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1993.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Literature
The Kennedy Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, June 1978, p. 99, no. 84, illustrated.
Exhibited
Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, January 1980, on loan.
Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Center of the West; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gilcrease Museum; Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley, June 6, 2015-April 29, 2016, pp. 154-55, 207, no. 43, illustrated.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, on loan.

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