Live Auction 2467Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Lot 180 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 Surrender of General Lee"

Closed27 September 2011

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Study for "The Surrender of General Lee"
bears inscription 'Original Sketch by/Thomas Eakins' (upper right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1875.

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 a historical painting The Surrender of General Lee which was never carried out to completion.