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Lot 66: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

Est: $80,000 USD - $120,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 20, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)
Woman in Blue Dress
signed 'TW Dewing' (lower right)
pastel on paperboard
10½ x 7 in. (26.7 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1920.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

New York, Spanierman Galleries, American Works on Paper II, autumn 1988, no. 19.
New York, Spanierman Galleries, The Poetic Vision: American Tonalism, November 12, 2005-January 7, 2006.
New York, Spanierman Galleries, Works on Paper, November 20, 2008-February 7, 2009.

Literature

The Magazine Antiques, October 1988, vol. 134, p. 612, illustrated.
Spanierman Galleries, American Works on Paper II, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1988, n.p., no. 19.
Spanierman Galleries, Works on Paper, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2009, p. 42, illustrated.

Provenance

Commissioner M. Loudmer, Paris.
Max Schweitzer, New York, acquired from the above, 1974.
[With]Graham Gallery, New York, 1974.
JoAnn and Julian Ganz, Jr., Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above, by 1977.
[With]Terry De Lapp Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1978.
Tony Andress, Abilene, Texas, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 4 December 1987, lot 116.
Spanierman Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Malibu, California, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2005.

Notes

This pastel will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being prepared by Dr. Susan A. Hobbs.

Auction Details

Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture

by
Christie's
May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM EST

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