LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.98 in. (66.00 cm.) (height) by 77.01 in. (195.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials in monogram and dated 'CCColeman·/Roma-1877' (lower left); signed again with initials in monogram 'CCC', dated again in monogram and inscribed with title and 'Roma' (on the original frame)

Literature:

A.H. Brewster, 'American Art at Paris,' The World, New York, April 12, 1878, p. 5. A.B. Bell, 'The Still Life Paintings of Charles Caryl Coleman,' A Seamless Web: Transatlantic Art in the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge, England, 2014, pp. 153, 155.

Provenance:

Thomas H. Anderson, South Pasadena, California. Estate of the above. John Burroughs, Honolulu, Hawaii. Private collection, Palm Springs, California, acquired from the above, 1978. Christies, Los Angeles, California, 18 June 2003, lot 28, sold by the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above.