John Mulvaney

Lot 142: John Mulvany (c. 1839-1906)

Name: John Mulvany (c. 1839-1906)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 32e3d138c5

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USFebruary 26, 2014

Item Overview

Description

John Mulvany (c. 1839-1906) >On the Alert <br>signed and dated 'JMulvany 76' (lower right) >oil on canvas <br>24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)

Artist or Maker

John Mulvaney

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, 51st Annual Exhibition, 1876, no. 439. >Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Academy of Design, 1876.
Louisville, Kentucky, Fifth Annual Kentucky Industrial Exposition, September 1877, no. 64.

Literature

The Sunday Times, Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 1876. >Turf, Field and Farm, April 7, 1876. >Daily Tribune, Denver, Colorado, February 23, 1879. >The Times, Chicago, Illinois, August 13, 1882, p. 8. >M.K. Naylor, National Academy of Design Exhibition Record 1861-1900, vol. II, New York, 1973, p. 670. >A. Weber-Scobie, The Life and Work of Artist John Mulvany (1839-1906), Binghamton, New York, 1993. >P.A. Hutton, ed., The Custer Reader, Norman, Oklahoma, 2004, p. 454. >N. O'Sullivan, "'All native, all our own, and all a fact': John Mulvany and the Irish-American Dream," Field Day Review, vol. 7, Dublin, Ireland, 2011.

Provenance

Private collection, London, circa 1930s. >By descent to the present owner.

Auction Details

American Art

Christie's

February 26, 2014, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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