Lot 67: Charles Caryl Coleman (1840-1928)

Charles Caryl Coleman (1840-1928)
Capri Pergola
signed with initials in monogram 'CCC/Capri' (lower right)
oil on board laid down on canvas
14 x 20¼ in. (35.6 x 51.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1895.

Palm Beach, Florida, John H. Surovek Gallery, American Paintings, Fall 1987.

John H. Surovek Gallery, American Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Palm Beach, Florida, 1987, p. 3, cover illustration.

Private collection, Ohio.
John H. McDonough, M.D., 1986.
John H. Surovek Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida.
Private collection.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

In 1886, Charles Caryl Coleman moved to the island of Capri where he lived permanently until his death in 1928. The untouched surroundings of the island provided a great deal of inspiration for Coleman and allowed him to escape from the throws of nineteenth-century industrialization.

The present work will be included in Adrienne Baxter Bell's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Coleman's works.