HARVEY T. DUNN (1884-1952)

Details
HARVEY T. DUNN (1884-1952)

The Tea Party

signed with monogrammed initials HTD and dated 16, l.l.
--oil on canvas
30¼ x 38 1/8in. (76.8 x 97cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey
John H. Surovek Gallery, Palm Beach
Literature
I.H. Gillmore, "The Woman Across the Street and the Cause of her Neighbor's Change of Heart," Ladies Home Journal, Sept. 1916,
p. 23, illus.
I.H. Irwin, The Happy Years, New York, 1919, pp. 196-197, illus. as "What does she look like?"
Exhibited
Youngstown, Youngstown State University, The John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Oct. 1991-May 1992

Lot Essay

This painting was first reproduced in a story by Inez Haynes Gillmore in Ladies Home Journal, September 1916. It was later illustrated in her novel The Happy Years, the third installment of the Phoebe and Ernest series. The earlier story became Chapter VII in the book.