Mrs. Mayer's Garden

Details

ABBOTT FULLER GRAVES (1859-1936)
Mrs. Mayer's Garden
signed 'Abbott Graves' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 28 ½ in. (61.6 x 72.4 cm.)

Provenance

Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc., Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, 13 August 1985, lot 45.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

G. Knight, "American and European Paintings," Maine Antique Digest, November 1985, illustrated.

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Taggart & Jorgensen Gallery, In the Open Air, October 6-November 5, 1988.

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts an idyllic coastal garden, likely in Kennebunkport, Maine. According to William H. Gerdts, the present work is "an exceptionally nice example...Graves' garden pictures are certainly always his most attractive...he seems to have specialized, in Kennebunkport, Maine, in two themes—rather picturesque local genre subjects, and garden pictures." (unpublished letter, 1985)

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