Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)
Lot 36 Property of a Distinguished Collector

Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)

Harlem River

Closed22 May 2019

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USD 200,000

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Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)
Harlem River
signed 'E. Lawson.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 ¾ in. x 49 ¾ in. (101 x 126.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1913-15.

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Private collection, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1978.
Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 2016, lot 36, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

According to Glen Umberger of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the present work depicts the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum at left and Webb's Academy and Home for Shipbuilders at right. Both buildings would have been visible from the artist's vantage point looking across the Harlem River to the Bronx from Upper Manhattan.