Richard Edward Miller

(American, 1875-1943)

Bather (Nude), 1930

oil on board

signed Miller (lower left); also signed, dated, titled (three times), and located Provincetown (on the reverse)

36 x 38 in.

Marie Louise Kane previously authenticated the present lot, per the 2000 Sotheby's sale.

Provenance:

Anchorage Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Private Collection, New York.

Sotheby's, New York, Sale of December 3, 1992, Lot 123.

Acquired directly from the above sale.

Private Collection.

Sotheby's, New York, Sale of May 24, 2000, Lot 22.

Acquired directly from the above sale.

Private Collection, Pennsylvania.

Exhibited:

Provincetown, Provincetown Art Association, "Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings," July 27 – September 1, 1930, no. 9 (as The Bather).

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Twelfth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings," November 1930 – January 1931, no. 134 (illustrated in accompanying leaflet).

Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, "American Painting Today," December 1, 1933 – January 15, 1934, no. 93 (as Nude).

Literature:

(Possibly) Art and Archaeology XXXI, no. 1, January 1931, illustrated.

Richard Edward Miller (American, 1875-1943)

Bather (Nude), 1930

Richard Edward Miller (American, 1875-1943)

Bather (Nude), 1930