John Henry Twachtman

Lot Details

Lot 514
John Henry Twachtman
American, 1853-1902
Venetian Sailing Vessel, 1878
Signed JH. Twachtman, dated 78, and inscribed Venice (lr)
Oil on canvas
16 x 10 1/2 inches (40.6 x 26.7 cm)

Provenance:
The artist
Quenton Twachtman, son of the above
Phyllis Twachtman, Brooklyn, New York, daughter of the above
Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York
Private collection by 1968
(with) Adelson Galleries, New York

Exhibited:
(Possibly) New York, Society of American Artists, Second Annual Exhibition, Mar. 1879 (as Venetian Sketch)
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Museum of Art, A Love Affair: 50 Years of Collecting American Art, Sep. 18 - Oct. 30, 1988, no. 43
New York, Spanierman Gallery LLC, John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter," May 4 - Jun. 24, 2006, no. 4, pp. 86-87, illus.

Literature:
Irma B. Jaffe, The Italian Presence in American Art: 1860-1920, New York, 1992, pp. 69-71, pl. 44, illus.
Lisa N. Peters, John Twachtman (1853-1902) and the American Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Frontier Within the Terrain of the Familiar, Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, 1995, vol. 1, pp. xiv, 56; vol. 2, p. 603, fig. 45, illus.
Lisa N. Peters, John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné Greenwich, CT.: Greenwich Historical Society, 2021 (jhtwachtman.org), OP.205
https://www.jhtwachtman.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=216



Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Sold for $18,900 (includes buyer's premium)

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A few small (less than 1/8 inch) spots of inpainting in the sky and in the building to the right; glue relined.


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Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Sold for $18,900 (includes buyer's premium)

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