Lot Essay
The present work bears a grid, suggesting that this painting may have been a final study used to transfer the work to canvas. The portrait for which this is a study no longer exists.
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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Leonard"
Details
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Leonard"
signed with initials 'T.E.' (lower right)
oil on board laid down on board
13¾ x 10¾ in. (35 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted in 1895.
Study for "Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Leonard"
signed with initials 'T.E.' (lower right)
oil on board laid down on board
13¾ x 10¾ in. (35 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted in 1895.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the artist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Charles Bregler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gift from the above.
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, Maryland.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1961.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired from the above, 1961.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1966.
Estate of the above.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the artist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Charles Bregler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gift from the above.
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, Maryland.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1961.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired from the above, 1961.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1966.
Literature
A. Burroughs, "Catalogue of Work by Thomas Eakins (1869-1916)," The Arts, vol. 5, June 1924, p. 330.
L. Goodrich, Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work, New York, 1933, p. 186, no. 286.
G. Hendricks, The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, p. 322, no. 77, illustrated.
P.D. Rosenzweig, The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1977, pp. 151-52, no. 82, illustrated.
L. Goodrich, Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work, New York, 1933, p. 186, no. 286.
G. Hendricks, The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, p. 322, no. 77, illustrated.
P.D. Rosenzweig, The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1977, pp. 151-52, no. 82, illustrated.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Thomas Eakins Centennial Exhibition, 1844-1944, April 8-May 14, 1944, no. 78.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., and elsewhere, A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Eakins, 1844-1944, June 5-July 31, 1944, no. 52.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Thomas Eakins Centennial Exhibition 1844-1944, April 26-June 1, 1945, no. 99.
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, May 24-September 5, 1977.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., and elsewhere, A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Eakins, 1844-1944, June 5-July 31, 1944, no. 52.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Thomas Eakins Centennial Exhibition 1844-1944, April 26-June 1, 1945, no. 99.
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, May 24-September 5, 1977.
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