FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (French/American, 1847-1928)

Details

FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (French/American, 1847-1928)

Prayer beside a Tomb

signed and inscribed F. A. Bridgman Alger 86 lower left--oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 5/8in. (46 x 55cm.)

Provenance

Schweitzer Gallery, New York (until 1978)

Literature

Winters in Algeria, New York, 1890, p. 79 (illustrated; as Tomb of Sidi-Abd-el Rhamen)

Lot Essay

This painting was probably painted during Bridgman's trip to Algeria in 1885-6.

We are grateful to Ilene Susan Fort for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.