Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Ilene Susan Fort for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
Details
FRÉDÉRICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (French/American, 1847-1928)
In a Harem at El Biar, Algiers
signed and dated F. A. Bridgman 1889 lower right--oil on canvas 36 x 52in. (91.5 x 132.1cm.)
In a Harem at El Biar, Algiers
signed and dated F. A. Bridgman 1889 lower right--oil on canvas 36 x 52in. (91.5 x 132.1cm.)
Provenance
William Howard Doane, purchased in Paris (1890)
Thence by dscent to the present owner
Thence by dscent to the present owner
Literature
World's Columbian Exposition, Official Catalogue, Part X,
Department K, Fine Arts, Chicago, 1893, p. 15 (listed in
United States section, no. 203)
R C.M. Kurtz, e.d., Official Illustrations from the Art Gallery of
the World's Columbian Exposition, Philadelphia, 1893 (illustrated,
p. 143)
W. Walton, Art and Architecture, 2 vols., Philadelphia, 1893
Department K, Fine Arts, Chicago, 1893, p. 15 (listed in
United States section, no. 203)
R C.M. Kurtz, e.d., Official Illustrations from the Art Gallery of
the World's Columbian Exposition, Philadelphia, 1893 (illustrated,
p. 143)
W. Walton, Art and Architecture, 2 vols., Philadelphia, 1893
Exhibited
Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893