Live Auction 2362Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Lot 151 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 "The Actress"

Closed1 December 2010

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USD 100,900

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "The Actress"
bears inscription 'original sketch/for "An Actress"/by Thomas Eakins/1903' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
13¾ x 10½ in. (35 x 26.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1901.

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

Specialist note

The present work is a preliminary study for The Actress (Suzanne Santje) painted in 1903, which is currently in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.