Lot 7: JOHN HABERLE 1856 - 1933

A MISUNDERSTANDING
signed Haberle and dated 1892, l.r.; also titled A Misunderstanding and signed Haberle on the frame designed by the artist

10 1/4 by 16 in. (26.0 by 40.6 cm)

oil on canvas

Springfield, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; Stamford, Connecticut, Whitney Museum of American Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, John Haberle: Master of Illusion, June 1985-January 1986, no. 14, pp. 28, 37, illustrated
Waterbury, Connecticut, Mattatuck Museum, Connecticut Masters November 1986-April 1987
Washington, D.C., National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, American Art Forum Painting and Sculpture 1875-1935, March-July 1993
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Virtual Reality: American Trompe l'Oeil Paintings, May-June 1994

Berry-Hill Galleries, American Paintings III, New York, 1985, p. 56, illustrated
Gertrude Grace Sill, "Two Rediscovered Paintings by John Haberle," Antiques, vol. CXXXII, no. 5, November 1987, pp. 1118-19, illustrated

Estate of the artist
Gladys Haberle Fresneda and Vera M. Haberle Dummer (the artist's daughters)
Gloria F. Shiner (the artist's granddaughter)
Sale: Christie's, New York, December 7, 1984, lot 95, illustrated in color
A New York Estate (sale: Christie's, New York, November 30, 1999, lot 21, illustrated in color)