Thomas (1813) Crawford

Lot 126: Thomas Crawford (1814-1857)

Name: Thomas Crawford (1814-1857)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 9ff3e0387a

Est: $70,000 USD - $100,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 22, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Thomas Crawford (1814-1857) >Hunter's Horn <br>signed and dated 'CRAWFORD/FECIT/ROME 1854' (on the base) >marble <br>56 in. (142.2 cm.) high

Artist or Maker

Thomas (1813) Crawford

Exhibited

New York, Gerald Peters Gallery, Cast and Carved: American Sculpture 1850-1950, November 8-December 17, 2004.

Literature

"The Hunter From the Group by T. Crawford," The Art Journal, October 1857. >Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park for the Year Ending with December 31, 1865, New York, 1866, Appendix B, no. 28, life-size plaster model referenced. >R.L. Gale, Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1964, pp. 197, 219, no. 76, pl. 8, illustrated. >S. Crane, White Silence: Greenough, Powers, and Crawford, American Sculptors in Nineteenth-Century Italy, Coral Gables, Florida, 1972, pp. 357-58. >L. Dimmick, A Catalogue of the Portrait Busts and Ideal Works of Thomas Crawford (1813-1857), American Sculptor in Rome, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1986, pp. 496-501, nos. 90, 90A. >A. Duncan, Cast and Carved: American Sculpture, 1850-1950, New York, 2004, pp. 20-21.

Provenance

Meredith Calhoun, New Orleans, Louisiana, by 1855. >Private collection, Rome.
Sotheby's, London, 11 July 2001, lot 209. >Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Auction Details

American Art

Christie's

May 22, 2014, 12:00 AM EST

219 East 67th Street, New York, NY, 10021, US

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