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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Lot 93 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 "Portrait of the Very Reverend John J. Fedigan"

Closed27 September 2011

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "Portrait of the Very Reverend John J. Fedigan"
signed 'Eakins' (on the reverse)--bears inscription 'Original Sketch of/Rev. John J. Fedigan/by Thomas Eakins/1902' (upper right)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1902.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Susan Macdowell Eakins, wife of the artist, 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

The present work is a preparatory study for the finished portrait titled Very Reverend John J. Fedigan which is in the collection of Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, where the sitter served as the eleventh president.