Live Auction 2419Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Lot 112 SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)

Maurice Feely

Closed3 March 2011

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USD 27,500

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Maurice Feely
bears inscription 'Eakins' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1905.

The artist.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the above, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Charles Bregler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, Maryland.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, acquired from the above, 1961.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1966.

Specialist note

Maurice Feely, who was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, came to the United States in 1873. He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Art Students' League around 1890 and later opened a commercial sign painting business. In 1905, around the time Eakins executed this portrait, Feely closed his business to pursue a career as an artist.