Tea on the Porch

细节

Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858-1925)
Tea on the Porch
dated 'August 6: 1890-/Georgetown - Mass.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm.)

来源

Willard and Susan Metcalf.
Elizabeth Metcalf Strout, daughter of the above.
Gertrude Strout, daughter of the above.
By descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1994, lot 105.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

展览

Louisville, Kentucky, The Speed Art Museum, Telling Tales: American Storytelling Art From Kentucky Collections, September 14-December 12, 2004.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The present work depicts Willard and Susan Jane Metcalf, the artist's grandparents, on the porch of their Georgetown, Massachusetts home.

This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Willard L. Metcalf by Ira Spanierman, Dr. Bruce Chambers, Dr. William H. Gerdts, and Elizabeth de Veer.