Live Auction 2729Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission
John George Brown (1831-1913)
Lot 191 PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

John George Brown (1831-1913)

"Coming Thro' the Rye"

Closed25 September 2013

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USD 25,000

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John George Brown (1831-1913)
"Coming Thro' the Rye"
signed and dated 'J.G. Brown 1860' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm.)

Private collection, New England.
Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1989.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1990.

Specialist note

According to Martha Hoppin, "Courtship is the theme of the old Scottish song that inspired Brown's title: 'Gin a body, meet a body, comin thru the rye, gin a body, kiss a body, need a body cry" is the complete stanza." (The World of J.G. Brown, p. 32)