James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Portrait of Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1890
Found at
Bonhams,
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts
American Art, Lot 20
10. Sept - 10. Sept 2024
American Art, Lot 20
10. Sept - 10. Sept 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER (American, 1834-1903)
Portrait of Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1890
unsigned; identified and inscribed 'An unfinished portrait' on an unidentified label (affixed to the reverse); with loan labels from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, and various exhibition labels (see below, all affixed to the reverse)
oil on artist board
20 1/4 x 12 in (51.4 x 30.8 cm).framed 32 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 3 1/2 in (83.2 x 63.2 x 8.9 cm).
Edward W. Hooper, Boston, Massachusetts, 1890 (father of the sitter, commissioned from the artist). | Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1901 (his daughter, the sitter, by descent). | Mrs. John B. Swann, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1974 (her daughter, by descent). | [With]Peter Nahum, Leicester Galleries, London. | The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York. | A private collection, acquired from the previous, 1993. | Sotheby's New York, American Art, May 21, 2019, Lot 48. | Hong Gyu Shin, New York.
Portrait of Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1890
unsigned; identified and inscribed 'An unfinished portrait' on an unidentified label (affixed to the reverse); with loan labels from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, and various exhibition labels (see below, all affixed to the reverse)
oil on artist board
20 1/4 x 12 in (51.4 x 30.8 cm).framed 32 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 3 1/2 in (83.2 x 63.2 x 8.9 cm).
Edward W. Hooper, Boston, Massachusetts, 1890 (father of the sitter, commissioned from the artist). | Ellen Sturgis Hooper, 1901 (his daughter, the sitter, by descent). | Mrs. John B. Swann, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1974 (her daughter, by descent). | [With]Peter Nahum, Leicester Galleries, London. | The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York. | A private collection, acquired from the previous, 1993. | Sotheby's New York, American Art, May 21, 2019, Lot 48. | Hong Gyu Shin, New York.
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