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THOMAS DEWING PASTEL, SIGNED, BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Estimate:
$20,000 - $30,000
Sold
$32,500
Live Auction
Summer Fine Estates & Collections: Sessions 2 & 3, June 16-17
Description
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851-1938), "Study in Orange and Rose," 1909, pastel on medium light brown paper, signed to lower center "T.W. Dewing".
Catalog note: the pastel presented in this Lot appears to be a companion piece to "In Pink No. 11", as sold by Doyle Auctions on 11/13/2012 as lot 301 for $110,500. In her catalog raisonne, Susan Hobbs also makes note of "Green and White" (Hobbs 63) as being a different angle of the same subject.
Provenance: Collection of Susan Levitt Barkoff, by descent from Dr. Irving Levitt, Detroit and New York.
Exhibition history: The Brooklyn Museum, March - June, 1996; National Museum of American Art, July - October, 1996; Detroit Institute of Arts, November 1996 - January 1997; on tour as part of "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty Reconfigured".
Reference: "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing / Beauty Reconfigured", Susan A. Hobbs, No. 64.
Note: Ahlers & Ogletree is proud to present a selection of works from the collection of Ms. Susan Levitt Barkoff, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Irving Levitt of Michigan and New York. Dr. & Mrs. Levitt's estate was partially sold at Christie's New York with a selection of works descending to their three children. The Levitt's collection included works by Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, Theodore Robinson, John Frederick Peto, and others. During their lifetimes, the Levitts were associated with such organizations as the Detroit Institute of Arts, where Dr. Levitt served on the museum's collections committee and as first president of the Institute's "Friends of the American Wing"; and Kennedy Galleries in Manhattan where Dr. Levitt worked in the 1970's. Mrs. Levitt additionally helped develop the Detroit museum's Kresge Court.
Approximate dimensions: paper h. 10.5", w. 7"; frame h. 20.5", w. 17.5", d. 1.5".
Catalog note: the pastel presented in this Lot appears to be a companion piece to "In Pink No. 11", as sold by Doyle Auctions on 11/13/2012 as lot 301 for $110,500. In her catalog raisonne, Susan Hobbs also makes note of "Green and White" (Hobbs 63) as being a different angle of the same subject.
Provenance: Collection of Susan Levitt Barkoff, by descent from Dr. Irving Levitt, Detroit and New York.
Exhibition history: The Brooklyn Museum, March - June, 1996; National Museum of American Art, July - October, 1996; Detroit Institute of Arts, November 1996 - January 1997; on tour as part of "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty Reconfigured".
Reference: "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing / Beauty Reconfigured", Susan A. Hobbs, No. 64.
Note: Ahlers & Ogletree is proud to present a selection of works from the collection of Ms. Susan Levitt Barkoff, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Irving Levitt of Michigan and New York. Dr. & Mrs. Levitt's estate was partially sold at Christie's New York with a selection of works descending to their three children. The Levitt's collection included works by Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, Theodore Robinson, John Frederick Peto, and others. During their lifetimes, the Levitts were associated with such organizations as the Detroit Institute of Arts, where Dr. Levitt served on the museum's collections committee and as first president of the Institute's "Friends of the American Wing"; and Kennedy Galleries in Manhattan where Dr. Levitt worked in the 1970's. Mrs. Levitt additionally helped develop the Detroit museum's Kresge Court.
Approximate dimensions: paper h. 10.5", w. 7"; frame h. 20.5", w. 17.5", d. 1.5".
