Aaron Anderson
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Lot 29
George de Forest Brush(1855-1941)Idle Moments 28 1/4 x 12 7/8in (71.8 x 32.7cm)
29 July 2020, 16:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$12,575 inc. premium
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George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)
Idle Moments
signed 'Geo De Forest Brush' (lower right) and dated '1924' (lower left)
oil on panel
28 1/4 x 12 7/8in (71.8 x 32.7cm)
Painted in 1924.
signed 'Geo De Forest Brush' (lower right) and dated '1924' (lower left)
oil on panel
28 1/4 x 12 7/8in (71.8 x 32.7cm)
Painted in 1924.
Footnotes
Provenance
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1986.
Exhibited
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by George de Forest Brush, January 7-18, 1930, no. 42, illustrated (as Mother and Child).
New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by George de Forest Brush, November 10, 1933-May 1, 1934, no. 81.
New York, National Academy of Design, 112th Annual Exhibition, March 13-April 13, 1937, no. 2-2 (as Mother and Child).
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, George de Forest Brush (1885-1941): Master of the American Renaissance, November 13, 1985-July 6, 1986, no. 63.
Literature
J. Thorndike, "Art Notebook: Berry-Hill - Old Glories of the New World," Architectural Digest, September 1985, p. 90.
The Magazine Antiques, November, 1985, vol. CXXVIII, no. 5, p. 802, illustrated.
D.B. Dearinger, Paintings and Sculpture in The Collection of The National Academy of Design: Volume I, 1826-1925, Manchester, Vermont, 2004, p. 74.
The present work retains what is probably its original frame designed by the artist.