Lot 183
- 183
Thomas Moran 1837-1926
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Thomas Moran
- The Bathers
- signed with the artist's monogrammed initials TM, l.r.
- oil on canvas
- 20 1/2 by 16 1/2 in.
- (52.1 by 41.9 cm)
- Painted circa 1879.
Provenance
Mrs. Annie Chapman Coltrin, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the artist)
A.E. Coltrin, Fullerton, California (her grandson)
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, California, November 13-14, 1972, lot 200, illustrated
Gloria and Richard Manney Collection (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 27, 1993, lot 209, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Literature
S.G.W. Benjamin, "Fifty Years of American Art," Harper's Magazine, vol. 59, September 1879
S.G.W. Benjamin, "Present Tendencies of American Art," Harper's Magazine, vol. 58, illustration of a wood engraving after the painting
S.G.W. Benjamin, "Present Tendencies of American Art," Harper's Magazine, vol. 58, illustration of a wood engraving after the painting