A Venetian Canal

Details

ROBERT FREDERICK BLUM (1857-1903)
A Venetian Canal
oil on canvas
28 3⁄4 x 18 in. (73 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1889.

Provenance

The Players Club, New York.
Christie's, New York, 23 May 1990, lot 70, sold by the above.
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Exhibited

New York, Coe Kerr Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Atheneum, Americans in Venice, 1879-1913, October-December 1983, p. 44, no. 26, illustrated.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Robert Frederick Blum's Italian paintings are among his finest mature works. He first traveled to Venice in 1880 and later lived there from 1885-86, when he produced his most famous work, Venetian Lace Makers (1885-86, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio). He returned several times throughout the decade, producing etchings, pastels and oils such as the present example.

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