LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

24.00 in. (60.96 cm.) (height) by 37.75 in. (95.88 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated and inscribed 'Elihu Vedder / Roma 1881 / N.Y. -- 83' (lower right) and inscribed and dated again 'Rome - 86' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Boston, Massachusetts, Williams and Everett, 1883, no. 8. ,Boston, Massachusetts, Doll & Richards, 1887. ,New York, Richard York Gallery, The Italian Presence in American Art: 1860-1920, November 17-December 29, 1989, p. 37, no. 47, illustrated.,New York, Questroyal Fine Art, Myth and Reality: Elihu Vedder and American Painters in Italy, May 10-31, 2012, n.p

Literature:

E. Vedder, The Digressions of V. Written for His Own Fun and That of His Friends, Boston, Massachusetts, 1910, p. 486.,R. Soria, Elihu Vedder - American Visionary Artist in Rome (1836-1923), Rutherford, New Jersey, 1970, p. 328, no. 405.,J. Hayward, The Italian Presence in American Art, 1860-1920, New York, 1989, p. 37, illustrated

Provenance:

The artist. ,Mrs. J.S. Cabot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1887.,The Farnolli Collection, Newport, Rhode Island, and Los Angeles, California. ,Private collection, Massachusetts. ,Private collection, Michigan. ,Godel & Co. Fine Art, New York. ,Private collection, Massachusetts.,Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2009