CHARLES ADAMS PLATT (1861-1933)

Details

CHARLES ADAMS PLATT (1861-1933)

An Etcher's Studio

signed with initials CAP and dated 87, l.l.--oil on canvas
18 3/8 x 24¼in. (46.5 x 61.5cm.)

Provenance

William Platt, the artist's son

Exhibited

Southampton, Parrish Art Museum, The American Painter-Etcher Movement, June-July 1984

Lot Essay

Platt, in addition to being a painter, was an etcher and an architect. An Etcher's Studio is one of several versions of this subject he painted between 1885 and 1888, which can be found in the collections of the Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, the St. Botolph Club, Boston and the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company, Hartford.