Lot 73 | WILLARD L. METCALF 1858-1925
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SPRING
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21 by 25 in.
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(53.3 by 63.5 cm)
signed W.L. Metcalf and dated 1921, l.l.
oil on canvas
This painting will be included in the forthcoming Willard L. Metcalf catalogue raisonné authored by Dr. Bruce W. Chambers, Ira Spanierman, Dr. William H. Gerdts and Elizabeth de Veer.
PROVENANCE
Bliss and Eloise Mabury Knapp, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1923
Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1973 (gift from the above)
Private Collection, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 2004 (gift from the above)
NOTE
Bliss and Eloise Mabury Knapp were enthusiastic American art collectors in the early twentieth century and Eloise noted the acquisition of Spring in a special entry in her journal: "Thanksgiving 1923 was marked not only by guests to dinner but also by the hanging of two new paintings in the dining room: 'Spring' by Willard L. Metcalf and 'Summer' or 'Autumn' by J. Francis Murphy..." (Charles Theodore Houpt, Bliss Knapp, Christian Scientist, 1979).
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