ELIHU VEDDER (1836-1923)

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ELIHU VEDDER (1836-1923)

The Music Party

signed with artist's cypher and dated 1871, l.r.--oil on board laid down on cradled panel
11 x 17 3/4in. (28 x 45.2cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Allen Forthingham
James Graham & Sons, New York
Gerry Peters Gallery, New York

Lot Essay

Similar earlier version, Musical Party, executed circa 1865, in the collection of the Staten Island Museum in New York.

Related Literature:

Smithsonian Institution Press, Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder, Washington, D.C., 1979