Elihu Vedder (1836-1923)

Study for The Ninth Hour: Return from Calvary

Details

Elihu Vedder (1836-1923)
Study for The Ninth Hour: Return from Calvary
oil on canvas
13.3.4 x 19in. (35 x 50.2cm.)

Provenance

Anita Vedder
Kleeman Galleries, New York, 1930
James Graham and Sons, New York
Mr. Titus Geesey, Wilmington, Delaware

Literature

R. Soria, Elihu Vedder: American Visionary Artist in Rome (1836-1923), Cranbury, New Jersey, 1970, pp. 301-302, no. 191

Lot Essay

RELATED LITERATURE:
J. Taylor, Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder, Smithsonian Institution, 1979, p. 58-59

Several studies for The Ninth Hour exist, but this version seems to be the most complete. The old bearded man in the foreground is probably the artist's friend, Charles Caryl Coleman.

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