Premier Auction - Session II - September 16, 2023
Sat, Sep 16, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1032
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(American, 1823-1900)
Sunset Over Lake Thrasemine, 1881, signed and dated lower right "J. F. Cropsey 1881", oil on canvas, 7 x 13 in.; fine reproduction gilt wood frame, 14 x 20 in.
Provenance: Ortgies & Co., New York, NY, March 20, 1885, lot 45, as A Study, Lake Thrasemine (probably did not sell); probably Silo 1906, lot 220, as Lake Transaminie [sic] Italy; Private Collection, Phoenix, Arizona; Christie's, New York, October 1, 1987; Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1987; Roberts Auction Galleries, Inc., Lake Worth, Florida, July 12, 1991; Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida; Christie's, New York, November 29, 2001; Private Collection, Rhode Island
Literature: Cropsey Jasper Francis Anthony M Speiser Kenneth W Maddox and Newington-Cropsey Foundation. 2013. Jasper Francis Cropsey : Catalogue RaisonneÌ : Works in Oil. Hastings-on-Hudson NY: Newington-Cropsey Foundation, volume two, pp. 293-294, ill. #1673.
References: Ortgies & Company, New York (advertisements), New York Herald, March 19, 1885, p,1 and New York Times, March 20, 1885, p. 5; Carrie Rebora, "Sunset Over Lake Thrasemine (A Study, Lake Thrasemine), 1881", in Holidays, 1989: A Selection of American Paintings for Sale, Spanierman Gallery, New York,1989; Art and Auction, October 1991, p. 158, ill.
Condition
original canvas and stretchers, surface dirt layer, areas of retouch; frame with abrasions, separation at liner corners
Ortgies & Co., New York, NY, March 20, 1885, lot 45, as A Study, Lake Thrasemine (probably did not sell); probably Silo 1906, lot 220, as Lake Transaminie [sic] Italy; Private Collection, Phoenix, Arizona; Christie's, New York, October 1, 1987; Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1987; Roberts Auction Galleries, Inc., Lake Worth, Florida, July 12, 1991; Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida; Christie's, New York, November 29, 2001; Private Collection, Rhode Island
