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Lot 128: John Lewis Krimmel (1789-1821)

Est: $30,000 USD - $50,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 30, 2011

Item Overview

Description

John Lewis Krimmel (1789-1821)
Fighting Dogs (The Cake Woman in Distress)
oil on canvas
15½ x 12¾ in. (39.3 x 32.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1820-21.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Twelfth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1823, no. 348.

Literature

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Twelfth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1823, n.p., no. 348.
M.M. Naeve, John Lewis Krimmel: An Artist in Federal America, Newark, New Jersey, 1987, p. 92, no. 33.

Provenance

Private collection, by 1975.
By descent to the present owner.

Auction Details

Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

by
Christie's
November 30, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

502 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, US