Sale 22AM03 | Lot 1077

Elihu Vedder

Catalogue: American Paintings & Prints
Elihu Vedder

Lot Details

Lot 1077
Elihu Vedder
American, 1836-1923
The Fisherman and the Mermaid
Signed Vedder (lr); signed Elihu Vedder and inscribed First Sketch of / Fisherman and Mermaid on the reverse
Oil on canvas
6 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches

Provenance:
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, until 1955

Exhibited:
Cotuit, MA, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Mermaids: Muses of the Sea, Jul. 30 - Oct. 5, 2002

Both the Hood Museum at Dartmouth, Hanover NH and the Fogg Museum at Harvard, Cambridge, MA have later versions of this composition in their collections.


C Property from a Prominent New York Museum

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for $7,560 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

The small canvas has been laid to a slighly larger stretched canvas, presumably by the artist. Under UV light the signature appears darker than the surrounding pigments.


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Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for $7,560 (includes buyer's premium)

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