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Lot 72 SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)

Study for "William Rush and his Model"

Closed20 May 2009

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USD 122,500

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "William Rush and his Model"
oil on canvas
20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1908.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the artist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Estate of the above.
Sale: Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939.
Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Harry Felix, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, Maryland.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1961.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired from the above, 1961.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1966.

Specialist note

This work is a preliminary study for William Rush and His Model, presently in the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii.