Lot Essay
Painted circa 1923
Details
WILLIAM MC GREGOR PAXTON (1869-1941)
Nellie and Phryne
signed Paxton, l.r.--oil on canvas
45¼ x 36¼in. (114.9 x 92.1cm.)
Nellie and Phryne
signed Paxton, l.r.--oil on canvas
45¼ x 36¼in. (114.9 x 92.1cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. William Paxton, Newton Center, Massachusetts
Literature
E.W. Lee, William McGregor Paxton, 1869-1941, Indianapolis, 1979, p. 115
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 119th Annual Exhibition, Feb.-Mar 1924, no. 24 as Phryne
New York, National Academy of Design, Winter Exhibition, Nov.-Dec. 1924, no. 188
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 131st Annual Exhibtion, Jan.-March 1936, no. 128 as Nellie Looks Down on Phryne Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Works of William McGregor Paxton,
New York, National Academy of Design, Winter Exhibition, Nov.-Dec. 1924, no. 188
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 131st Annual Exhibtion, Jan.-March 1936, no. 128 as Nellie Looks Down on Phryne Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Works of William McGregor Paxton,