SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
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SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)

Venice (near the Arsenal)

Details
SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD (1823-1880)
Venice (near the Arsenal)
signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'Venice July 6 1869 SRG-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
4 ¾ x 12 in. (12.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1869.
Provenance
The artist.
(Possibly) Estate of the above.
(Possibly) Sale: Thos. E. Kirby & Co., New York, April 1881, lot 116, sold by the above.
Private collection, Ohio, by 1986.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
(Possibly) Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881, p. 37, no. 534 (as A Sketch near the Arsenal at Venice).
Exhibited
(Possibly) New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loan Collection of Paintings in the West and East Galleries, October 1880-May 1881, no. 159 (as Near the Arsenal, Venice, a Study).
Further details
A letter from the recognized expert on the artist, Dr. Ila Weiss, accompanies this lot.

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Lot Essay

From 1868-69, Sanford Robinson Gifford embarked on his second and final trip abroad, traveling to Egypt, Constantinople and Athens, but finding a particular love for the city of Venice. The present work is a stunning manifestation of his ongoing fascination with the beauty of this city. According to Ila Weis, the present work's "adept brushwork, figures in boats conjured with tiny impasto highlights, dots of bright highlights and their reflections, other reflections executed as vertical extensions, dark or light, comprised of short horizontal dabs evoking rippling water, all proclaim Gifford’s authorship. This painting is a unique and personal expression of the artist." (unpublished letter, 2024)

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