Lot 73
- 73
Willard L. Metcalf 1858-1925
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Willard LeRoy Metcalf
- Spring
- signed W.L. Metcalf and dated 1921, l.l.
- oil on canvas
- 21 by 25 in.
- (53.3 by 63.5 cm)
Provenance
Bliss and Eloise Mabury Knapp, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1923
Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1973 (gift from the above)
Private Collection, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 2004 (gift from the above)
Private Collection, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1973 (gift from the above)
Private Collection, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 2004 (gift from the above)
Catalogue Note
Bliss and Eloise Mabury Knapp were enthusiastic American art collectors in the early twentieth century and Eloise noted the acquisition of Spring in a special entry in her journal: "Thanksgiving 1923 was marked not only by guests to dinner but also by the hanging of two new paintings in the dining room: 'Spring' by Willard L. Metcalf and 'Summer' or 'Autumn' by J. Francis Murphy..." (Charles Theodore Houpt, Bliss Knapp, Christian Scientist, 1979).