Premier Auction Featuring Collection of David Bahlman and Howard Klosterman | January 11
Thu, Jan 11, 2024 09:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 503
Thomas Sully
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
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| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(British/America, 1783-1872)
Portrait of Mary Howard Fleming, (1819 - 1885), 1844, initialed and dated canvas verso "TS 1844", stamped "TB/G 41 London" canvas verso, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; period carved gilt wood frame, 36 x 31 in.
Provenance: M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY, 1974. This lot is accompanied by a copy of the original bill of sale.; Collection of David Bahlman and Howard Klosterman
Exhibited: The Works of Thomas Sully, June-September 1983, (label verso), The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.; American Painting, Three Centuries, John and Mabel Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 1949; Exhibition of Portraits by Sully, The McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1944, cat. #15.
Literature: Biddle Edward and Mantle Fielding. 1969, 1921. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully by Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, page 153, cat. #589.
This lot is accompanied by extensive correspondence and information related to the painting and its exhibition history.
Condition
strip lined, patch repair verso, crackle; frame with abrasions, cracking at corners
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M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY, 1974. This lot is accompanied by a copy of the original bill of sale.; Collection of David Bahlman and Howard Klosterman
