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The present work likely depicts Scituate, Massachusetts.
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PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST INSTITUTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ART ACQUISITION FUNDS
ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER (1837-1908)
Baby is King
Details
ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER (1837-1908)
Baby is King
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'AT Bricher/1880' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 ½ x 35 in. (44.5 x 88.9 cm)
Painted in 1880.
Baby is King
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'AT Bricher/1880' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 ½ x 35 in. (44.5 x 88.9 cm)
Painted in 1880.
Provenance
Henry K.S. Williams, San Francisco, California.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1942.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1942.
Literature
P.B. Wright, "Eighth Annual Fine Art Exhibition of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago," The American Art Review, circa 1880, p. 24.
J.D. Champlin, Jr., CC. Perkins, eds., Cyclopedia of Painters and Painting, vol. I, New York, 1886, p. 204.
J.D. Champlin, Jr., CC. Perkins, eds., Cyclopedia of Painters and Painting, vol. I, New York, 1886, p. 204.
Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, Interstate Industrial Exposition of Chicago, September 8-October 20, 1880.
San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Three Centuries of American Painting, 1971, p. 50, no. 64, illustrated (as Beach Scene).
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Springfield, Massachusetts, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Alfred Thompson Bricher 1837-1908, September 12, 1973-January 13, 1974, pp. 25, 67, no. 51, illustrated.
Yonkers, New York, The Hudson River Museum; Rochester, New York, The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting: 1840-1910, May 18-November 30, 1986, pp. 92, 94, 96, no. 42, illustrated (as Beach Scene (Baby is King)).
Tampa, Florida, Tampa Museum of Art, At the Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes, December 9, 1989-January 6, 1991.
San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Three Centuries of American Painting, 1971, p. 50, no. 64, illustrated (as Beach Scene).
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Springfield, Massachusetts, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Alfred Thompson Bricher 1837-1908, September 12, 1973-January 13, 1974, pp. 25, 67, no. 51, illustrated.
Yonkers, New York, The Hudson River Museum; Rochester, New York, The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting: 1840-1910, May 18-November 30, 1986, pp. 92, 94, 96, no. 42, illustrated (as Beach Scene (Baby is King)).
Tampa, Florida, Tampa Museum of Art, At the Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes, December 9, 1989-January 6, 1991.
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