Lot Essay
The present work depicts the Hall of Fame, built in 1901 by McKim, Mead and White for New York University's Bronx campus, from across the Harlem River.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)
University Heights, New York
Details
Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)
University Heights, New York
signed 'E Lawson.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1913.
University Heights, New York
signed 'E Lawson.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1913.
Provenance
Nijan Collection, Vancouver, Canada.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 17 November 1967, lot 84.
Hans Buhr, Vancouver, Canada, acquired from the above.
John J. McDonough Collection, Youngstown, Ohio.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 22 March 1978, lot 46.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1982.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 17 November 1967, lot 84.
Hans Buhr, Vancouver, Canada, acquired from the above.
John J. McDonough Collection, Youngstown, Ohio.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 22 March 1978, lot 46.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1982.
Exhibited
New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans Museum of Art, and elsewhere, A Panorama of American Painting--The John J. McDonough Collection, 1975-76.