Lot Essay
Rebecca H. Whelan, a favorite model of the artist, was the daughter of the Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the subject of several of the artist's works between 1905 and 1910.
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851-1912)
Portrait of Rebecca H. Whelan
Details
Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851-1912)
Portrait of Rebecca H. Whelan
signed 'Thomas Anshutz' (lower right)
oil on canvas
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Portrait of Rebecca H. Whelan
signed 'Thomas Anshutz' (lower right)
oil on canvas
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Provenance
Victor D. Spark, New York.
James Graham & Sons, New York.
James Graham & Sons, New York.
Exhibited
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, The Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Thomas Anshutz Exhibition, 1964-65.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, American Paintings on the Market, February 1966.
Louisville, Kentucky, The Speed Art Museum, Paintings and Watercolors by Thomas P. Anshutz, 1973.
New York, Graham Gallery, Thomas Anshutz: Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, October - December 1979, no. 18, cover illustration.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, American Paintings on the Market, February 1966.
Louisville, Kentucky, The Speed Art Museum, Paintings and Watercolors by Thomas P. Anshutz, 1973.
New York, Graham Gallery, Thomas Anshutz: Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, October - December 1979, no. 18, cover illustration.