PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JEANNE W. QUACKENBUSH
John Byam Shaw (British, 1872-1919)
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John Byam Shaw (British, 1872-1919)
'And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise.' (Ecclesiastes II v. XIX)
signed and dated 'BYAM.SHAW/1901' lower right--oil on panel
15¾ x 9 7/8in. (40 x 25.1cm.)
'And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise.' (Ecclesiastes II v. XIX)
signed and dated 'BYAM.SHAW/1901' lower right--oil on panel
15¾ x 9 7/8in. (40 x 25.1cm.)
Provenance
Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells, Ltd., London
Literature
R. V. Cole, The Art and Life of Byam Shaw, Philadelphia, 1932, p. 214, no. 9
Exhibited
London, Messrs. Dowdeswells, Sermons in Stones and Good in Everything: suggested by the Book of Ecclesiastes, June, 1902