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Lot 62: Theodore Robinson (1852-1896)

Est: $250,000 USD - $350,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 18, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Theodore Robinson (1852-1896)
Sea
signed and dated 'Th. Robinson '89' (lower right)
oil on panel
10½ x 13¾ in. (26.7 x 35 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Theodore Robinson 1852-1896, November 12, 1946-January 5, 1947.
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Theodore Robinson, American Impressionist (1852-1896), November 7-30, 1966, no. 27.
Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and elsewhere, American Impressionist Painting, August 1, 1973-April 29, 1974, no. 48 (as The Sea).
Jacksonville, Florida, Cummer Gallery of Art, American Favorites from the Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation and the David Warner Foundation, September 16-November 11, 1984.
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, January 30-March 29, 1987.
South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, December 9, 1989-February 4, 1990.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Impressions of America: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, June 18-July 28, 1991 (as Sea (River in Winter)).
Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from The Warner Collection, September 20, 1997-January 25, 1998.

Literature

J.I.H. Baur, Theodore Robinson 1852-1896, exhibition catalogue, Brooklyn, New York, 1946, p. 75, no. 204.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Theodore Robinson, American Impressionist (1852-1896), exhibition catalogue, New York, 1966, p. 26, no. 27, illustrated.
J.I.H. Baur, et. al., Three Nineteenth Century American Painters: John Quidor, Eastman Johnson, Theodore Robinson, New York, 1969, p. 75, no. 204.

Provenance

The artist.
Hamline Robinson, brother of the artist.
Mrs. C.F. Terhune, Kansas City, Missouri.
[With]Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
[With]Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983.

Notes

Property from The Westervelt Company, formerly The Gulf States Paper Corporation

Theodore Robinson (1852-1896)
Sea
signed and dated 'Th. Robinson '89' (lower right)
oil on panel
10½ x 13¾ in. (26.7 x 35 cm.)

Auction Details

Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

by
Christie's
May 18, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

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