Details
| Artist | William Rimmer, American, 1816-1879 |
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| Title |
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| Date | ca. 1850 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 36 × 26 inches (91.4 × 66 cm) Framed: 46 3/4 × 36 3/4 × 3 3/4 inches (118.7 × 93.3 × 9.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Sally A. Feldman in memory of Joseph D. Feldman |
| Accession Number | 1994.36 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| On View | American W284, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Label, on stretcher, now covered by relining: BRUNDIDGE |
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| Inscriptions | Stamped or stenciled, on back, except for the number, which is handwritten: PREPARED BY | MORRIS | NO 17 | EXCHANGE ST. | BOSTON |
Provenance
private collection (house on Mission Hill, Milton, Massachusetts, USA).
ca. 1916, Mrs. Brundidge (Milton, or Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA).
Adelson Gallery (Boston, Massachusetts, USA).
Ira Spanierman (New York, New York, USA).
1966, Drawing Shop-Galerie, now Shepherd Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
on consignment at Kennedy Galleries (New York, New York, USA).
Richard Manoogian (Detroit, Michigan, USA).
Kennedy Galleries (New York, New York, USA).
1984, Shepherd Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
1984, private collector.
1984, Joseph Feldman (Michigan, USA);
his wife, Sally Feldman;
1993-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
ca. 1916, Mrs. Brundidge (Milton, or Hyde Park, Massachusetts, USA).
Adelson Gallery (Boston, Massachusetts, USA).
Ira Spanierman (New York, New York, USA).
1966, Drawing Shop-Galerie, now Shepherd Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
on consignment at Kennedy Galleries (New York, New York, USA).
Richard Manoogian (Detroit, Michigan, USA).
Kennedy Galleries (New York, New York, USA).
1984, Shepherd Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
1984, private collector.
1984, Joseph Feldman (Michigan, USA);
his wife, Sally Feldman;
1993-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
The Painter and the New World: A Survey of Painting from 1564 to 1867, Marking the Founding of the Canadian Federation. Exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, 1967, no. 212. [as Scene from The Tempest]
“An American Survey: Paintings from Two Centuries.” Kennedy Quarterly 7, 1 (March 1967): pp. 38-39. [as Scene from The Tempest]
Flexner, James Thomas. Nineteenth-Century American Painting. New York, 1970, p. 202. [as Scene from The Tempest]
Weidman, Jeffrey. William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné . Ann Arbor, 1982, pp. 466-476.
William Rimmer: A Yankee Michelangelo. Exh. cat., Art Museum/Fuller Memorial. Brockton, MA, 1985, p. 55, no. 17.
Studing, Richard. Shakespeare in American Painting: A Catalogue from the Late Eighteenth Century to the Present. Rutherford, NJ, 1993, pp. 19, 114-115, no. 650.
“An American Survey: Paintings from Two Centuries.” Kennedy Quarterly 7, 1 (March 1967): pp. 38-39. [as Scene from The Tempest]
Flexner, James Thomas. Nineteenth-Century American Painting. New York, 1970, p. 202. [as Scene from The Tempest]
Weidman, Jeffrey. William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné . Ann Arbor, 1982, pp. 466-476.
William Rimmer: A Yankee Michelangelo. Exh. cat., Art Museum/Fuller Memorial. Brockton, MA, 1985, p. 55, no. 17.
Studing, Richard. Shakespeare in American Painting: A Catalogue from the Late Eighteenth Century to the Present. Rutherford, NJ, 1993, pp. 19, 114-115, no. 650.
