Description:

MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE
AMERICAN, 1819-1904
SUNSET ON THE MARSH - AUTUMNAL SUNSET, CIRCA 1880
Oil on canvas
Lower left signed: M.J. Heade; verso stamped on canvas: DOMINION GALLERY / ..... MONTREAL

Catalogue note:
This painting will be included in Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.'s forthcoming revised catalogue raisonne of Heade's work.
A letter from Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. accompanies the lot

    Provenance:

  • Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal and Family until 1927; their gift to the Art Association of Montreal until 1944 (and for a time was on loan to the Engineers Club of Montreal); acquired from the above by Dominion Gallery, Montreal in 1944 (January 1945 stock book 2A 202-384 as "Autumnal Sunset") until February 28, 1945; purchased from the above February 28, 1945 by Maxim Karolik the Russian opera singer (Karolik was married to Martha Catharine Codman who was from one of Boston's wealthiest families. Together they amassed a fine collection of American Art much of which was donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Newport Rhode Island; acquired in the 1950s and by descent to the present owner and by descent, Private Maryland and Massachusetts Estate Collection
  • Dimensions:
  • 13 x 26 in. (33 x 66 cm.), Frame: 24 x 37 in. (61 x 94 cm.)
  • Artist Name:
  • MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE
  • Medium:
  • Oil on canvas
  • Condition:
  • This work is in good condition.
    The varnish has blanched.
    There is minimal inpaint visible under uv black light.
    There is paint loss and rubbing around the edge of the work.
    There is some very fine crazing scattered around the work.


    For a detailed condition report please request more information.

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