$24,600
Willard LeRoy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925) Respite in the Boudoir , c. 1885, alternatively titled Portrait of a Woman in Black and White Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm), framed. Condition: Lined, scattered retouch. Provenance: From the artist to William Vanderbilt Sullivant Allen, to his sister Ethel Linda V. Allen Ward, to her daughter Mildred Marlor, to James Ward Marlor, by family descent to the current owner. Literature: Metcalf, Willard Leroy, Richard J. Boyle, Bruce W. Chambers, and William H. Gerdts, Willard Metcalf (1858-1925): Yankee Impressionist: May 8 - June 28, 2003: Essays (New York, NY: Spanierman Gallery, 2003), cat. no. 18; the painting is also referenced in De Veer, Elizabeth, and Richard J. Boyle, Sunlight and Shadow: The Life and Art of Willard L. Metcalf (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987), illustration no. 58. Exhibitions: Willard Metcalf, Yankee Impressionist, Spanierman Gallery, New York, May 8-June 28, 2003.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-05-19
