MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE | TWO RUBY THROATS BY THEIR NEST
Auction Closed
November 19, 04:22 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE
1819 - 1904
TWO RUBY THROATS BY THEIR NEST
oil on board
5 ½ by 6 ⅜inches
(14 by 16.2 cm)
Painted in 1862-63.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming supplement to Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.'s catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Mrs. George ꦏ🥂Dennett (Mabel Drake), Boston, Massachusetts
Private collection (her granddaught𓆉er, by descent; sold: Sotheby’s, New York, May 22, 2002, lot 138)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale