Lot Essay
The Quadroon, executed in 1879, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Property of a New York Estate
George Fuller (1822-1884)
Study for "The Quadroon"
Details
George Fuller (1822-1884)
Study for "The Quadroon"
oil on canvas
30½ x 25 in. (76.5 x 64 cm.)
Study for "The Quadroon"
oil on canvas
30½ x 25 in. (76.5 x 64 cm.)
Provenance
Sale: Administrator's Sale of the Paintings of George Fuller, Chickering Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, May 9, 1884.
John Joseph Enneking, Boston, Massachusetts, 1886.
Mrs. William H. Schofield, before 1936.
Sale: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, European and American Paintings, April 30, 1936, lot 36, illustrated.
Joseph Katz Collection, Baltimore, Maryland.
John Joseph Enneking, Boston, Massachusetts, 1886.
Mrs. William H. Schofield, before 1936.
Sale: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, European and American Paintings, April 30, 1936, lot 36, illustrated.
Joseph Katz Collection, Baltimore, Maryland.
Literature
J.B. Millet, ed. George Fuller: His Life and Works, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 91.
C. de Kay, "George Fuller, Painter," Magazine of Art, vol. 12, 1889, p. 354.
C. de Kay, "George Fuller, Painter," Magazine of Art, vol. 12, 1889, p. 354.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, 1884, no. 56.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition, September 1989-July 1990, pp. 151-153, p. 152, no. 112, illustrated (and traveling).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition, September 1989-July 1990, pp. 151-153, p. 152, no. 112, illustrated (and traveling).