Lot 44: THOMAS WILMER DEWING

1851 - 1939 MORNING Signed l/l in pencil "T.W. Dewing" Oil on canvas 29 x 11 7/8 inches 73.7 x 30.2 cm Provenance: S.S. Dustin New York William T. Evans, New York, by purchase from Dustin in the sale of his private collection, American Art Association March 31, April 1-2, 1913 #18, titled "Morning" Purchased by M. Knoedler and Co. New York, New York Burton Mansfield, New Haven Connecticut April 1913 from Knoedler & Co. Sold April 7 1933 at "American Landscapes, the private Collection of the Late Burton Mansfield", American Art Association, #57, titled "Summer Morning" Grand Central Art Galleries, according to the label on the reverse, date unknown Private Collection, North Carolina Note: A four page letter written by Dr. Susan Hobbs, author of the forthcoming Dewin catalogue raisonne, outlining the history of this work accompanies this lot. Our thanks to her for her research and expertise. Exhibited: "International Exposition of Art", Venice, 1909 "13th Annual Exhibition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club", April 8 -26, 1914, #18, lent by Burton Mansfield Morgan Memorial, Hartford, Connecticut, 1920 Literature: American Art Annual vol II, 1914, p. 430 "The List of Principal Sales", the New york Sun, April 1, 1913, Thomas B. Clarke Scrapbook N597 frame 347, Archive of American Art "New York Stock Books, M. Knoedler and Co., December 1911-December 1920, p. 60, #13155 William H. Truettner, "William T. Evans, Collector of American Paintings", American Art Journal, vol 3, Fall 1971, p. 74.