Lot Essay
James Brown Mabon joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1891, and served as its President between 1912-14, around the time that he purchased the present work. He lived in New York and Norfolk, Connecticut.
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Reverie
Details
Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933)
Reverie
signed and dated 'E A Hornel/1905' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.5 cm.)
Reverie
signed and dated 'E A Hornel/1905' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.5 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner's great grandfather, James Mabon, circa 1910 and by descent.
Literature
The International Studio, An Illustrated Magazine of Fine Art and Applied Art, New York, July 1907, p. 6, illustrated.
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