Lot Essay
Lloyd Goodrich noted (in 1971) that in 1930, Clarence Cranmer, a journalist and friend of Eakins, told him that this was Eakins' last head-and-bust portrait.
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Property from the Collection of a Pennsylvania Institution Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund*
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Ernest Lee Parker
Details
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Ernest Lee Parker
signed with initials 'T.E.' (lower right)--signed, dated and inscribed 'To my friend Ernest Parker/1910/Thomas Eakins' (on the reverse) prior to lining
oil on canvas
24¼ x 20 in. (61.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Ernest Lee Parker
signed with initials 'T.E.' (lower right)--signed, dated and inscribed 'To my friend Ernest Parker/1910/Thomas Eakins' (on the reverse) prior to lining
oil on canvas
24¼ x 20 in. (61.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
Ernest Lee Parker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gift of the artist.
Mrs. Betty Parker Theordorides.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
Mrs. Betty Parker Theordorides.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
Literature
L. Goodrich, Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work, New York, 1933, no. 472, pp. 205-206
F. Porter, Thomas Eakins, New York, 1959, no. 79, illustrated
I. Monro and K. Monro, Index to the Reproduction of American Paintings First Supplement, New York, 1964, p. 148
G. Hendricks, Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, no. 208a
F. Porter, Thomas Eakins, New York, 1959, no. 79, illustrated
I. Monro and K. Monro, Index to the Reproduction of American Paintings First Supplement, New York, 1964, p. 148
G. Hendricks, Life and Work of Thomas Eakins, New York, 1974, no. 208a