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Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

Martin Johnson Heade

Sun Gems

Live auction begins on:

January 24, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Bid

100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

Martin Johnson Heade

1819 - 1904


Sun Gems

indistinctly inscribed (on the tacking edge)

oil on canvas

12 ⅛ by 10 ⅛ in.

30.8 by 25.7 cm.

Executed circa 1863-65.

Private Collection, Midwest

Jackson's, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 27 November 2018, lot 27 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

(probably) Rio de Janeiro, The Academy of Fine Arts, 1864

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, 2000, no. 340, p. 286, illustrated