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Lot 74: ALBERT JOSEPH MOORE A.R.W.S.

Est: $125,000 USD - $150,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMay 05, 2011

Item Overview

Description

ALBERT JOSEPH MOORE A.R.W.S. BRITISH 1841-1893 STANDING FIGURE IN YELLOW AND BLUE: STUDY FOR TOPAZ signed with anthemion (lower left) oil on canvas 33 by 11 5/8 in. 83.8 by 29.5 cm

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Possibly, London, Grosvenor Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 1880, no. 162 (lent by William Connal, Jr.)
Possibly, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1880, no. 358 (lent by William Connal, Jr.)


Literature

Possibly, "The Grosvenor Gallery," The Times, May 11, 1880, p. 8
Possibly, "The Grosvenor Gallery," The Building News, May 7, 1880, p. 535
Possibly, "Pictures of the Year," Magazine of Art, 1880, pp. 3,127;
Robert Walker, "Private Picture Collections in Glasgow and West of Scotland. Mr. William Connal's Collection of Works by Albert Moore," Magazine of Art, 1894, pp. 17-64
Alfred Lys Baldry, Albert Moore: His Life and Works, London, 1894, p. 49
Robyn Asleson, Albert Moore, London, 2000, p. 163

Provenance

William Connal Jr., Glasgow (acquired in 1877 and sold: his sale, Christie's, London, March 14, 1908, lot 57 or 58)
Sulley (acquired at the above sale)
Scott & Fowles, New York (in 1927)
Sale: Christie's, London, June 25, 1937
Private Collector (and sold: Parke-Bernet, New York, November 26, 1943, lot 95)
Millicent Rogers, New York and Taos, New Mexico (acquired at the above sale and until 1953)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Notes

Please refer to lot 75 for additional information about this lot.

Auction Details

19th Century European Art including an Important Collection of Sculpture

by
Sotheby's
May 05, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US