Lot Essay
A Letter of Authentication from Dr. Ellen K. Morris accompanies this painting, and the work will be included in her Edwin Lord Weeks catalogue raisonné, currently under preparation.
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Bombay Women and Children out for a Holiday
Details
Edwin Lord Weeks (American, 1849-1903)
Bombay Women and Children out for a Holiday
signed 'E. L. Weeks.' (lower left)
oil en grisaille on canvas, laid down on board
16 ½ x 9 5/8 in. (42 x 24.5 cm.)
Bombay Women and Children out for a Holiday
signed 'E. L. Weeks.' (lower left)
oil en grisaille on canvas, laid down on board
16 ½ x 9 5/8 in. (42 x 24.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
His estate sale; American Art Galleries, New York, 15-17 March 1905, lot 114.
with Plaza Art Galleries, Inc., New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 July 1990, lot 384, as Bombay women and children out for holiday.
His estate sale; American Art Galleries, New York, 15-17 March 1905, lot 114.
with Plaza Art Galleries, Inc., New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 July 1990, lot 384, as Bombay women and children out for holiday.
Literature
E. L. Weeks, From the Black Sea through Persia and India, New York, 1896, p. 357, illustrated, as Hindoo Women, Suburbs of Bombay.