Sale 2105
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$200,000 – $300,000
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Thomas Hart Benton Catalogue Raisonné Foundation. Committee Members: Dr. Henry Adams, Jessie Benton, Anthony Benton Gude, Andrew Thompson, and Michael Owen.
Provenance:
The Artist.
Annette Otto Schorer, wife of the sitter, acquired from the Artist, 1952.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1975.
Note:
The present artwork is a portrait of Dr. Edwin Schorer, executed when he and his wife, Annette Otto Schorer, spent the summer of 1952 at the home of Max Eastman in Martha's Vineyard. The frame is original to the painting and was made by the Artist's wife, Rita P. Benton, and it is also accompanied by the tie that the doctor wears in the portrait. The boy in the painting is George Davis, Jr., son of Commander Davis of the United States Navy.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; pinpoint paint losses along the extreme upper right edge; one hairline, faint scuff mark in lower right corner, as well as two pinpoint off-white paint droplets, above the signature; two pinpoint abrasions to the paint in the lower left corner; areas of inpainting visible under normal viewing conditions along scattered areas of the edges and within the background. Under UV light: the aforementioned areas of inpainting fluoresce; as well as inpainting within the hat, nose, hands, and areas of the suit of the doctor; highlights within the boy's face have been strengthened, and exhibits inpainting within his hair and both hands. Additional images available upon request.
Framed: 34 x 38 x 2 in.
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