'Street Scene in Algiers', circa 1880

Details

LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (1848-1933)
'Street Scene in Algiers', circa 1880
watercolor on paper
14 x 21 ¼ in. (35.5 x 54 cm) (sheet)

Provenance

Julia Knox Wakeman Tiffany, daughter of the artist
Marker Parker Weaver Tiffany, granddaughter of the artist
Acquired from the above by The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan,
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above

Literature

Louis Comfort Tiffany: The Paintings, exh. cat., Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, 1979, pp. 23 and 59, fig. 14, cat. no. 68 (for the example at the Baltimore Museum of Art)
C. de Kay, The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany, reprint, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1987, pp. 8 (for the example at the Baltimore Museum of Art), 9-10 (for a discussion of the artist’s time in Algiers)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 42-43 (present lot illustrated)

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Lot Essay

Street Scene in Algiers is reflective of Louis Comfort Tiffany's travels to Algeria in the winter of 1876. The present watercolor appears to be a study for the painting titled Algerian Shops at the Baltimore Museum of Art (obj. no. 1973.14) with a similar composition and slight differences to the figures in the lower right plane.

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