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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA
Lot 69

John George Brown
(1831-1913)
Two's Company, but Three is Not! 14 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (37.2 x 29.5 cm.)

7 November 2023, 14:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$6,400 inc. premium

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John George Brown (1831-1913)

Two's Company, but Three is Not!
signed and dated 'J.G. Brown / 1862' (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (37.2 x 29.5 cm.)
Painted in 1862.

Footnotes

Provenance
(probably) T. L. Lutkins, by 1862.
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 17-19, 1977, lot 499. (as Private School)
Hammer Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1970s.

Exhibited
(probably) New York, Brooklyn Art Association, December 1862.
(probably) New York, Dodworth Hall, March 1863
(probably) Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Artists' Fund Society, 1864. (as Two is Company! Three is Not)

Literature
(probably) "Brooklyn Art Association," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 19, 1862, vol. 21, no. 302, p. 2.
(probably) "Fine Arts.," The Evening Post, March 16, 1863, vol. 62, p. 1. (as Two's Company—Three's a Crowd)

We are grateful to Martha Hoppin, author of the monograph The World of J.G. Brown for her kind assistance in cataloging this lot.

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