Lot 8: John O'Brien Inman (1828-1896)

Bathing Beauties on the Hudson
signed and dated 'J.O'B. Inman/1887' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
11 3/4 x 18 in. (29.9 x 45.7 cm.)

Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, Off for the Holidays, April 14-June 6, 1955 (as Bathing on the Hudson).
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Landscape Artists of the 19th Century, 1960.
Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The Nude in American Art, October 6-December 10, 1961.

J.I.H. Baur, "From Apples to Godesses: The Paul Magriel Collection," Art in America, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter 1957-58, illustrated.
"Letter from Paul Magriel to Time Magazine," Time, November 23, 1959, illustrated.
R. Wunderlich, "Fantasy in Genre," Kennedy Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1, April 1962, illustrated.
H.W. Williams, Jr., Mirror to the American Past: A Survey of American Genre Painting 1750-1900, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1973, p. 202, illustrated.
W.H. Gerdts, The Great American Nude: A History in Art, New York, 1974, pp. 73, 75, illustrated.
C.B. Wilkinson, "John O'Brien Inman," unpublished thesis, New York, 1992, pp. 13, 24, 28, 64, illustrated.
C.B. Wilkinson, "John O'Brien Inman," Antiques, November 1998.
Berry-Hill Galleries, American Paintings XI, New York, 2003, pp. 64-7, illustrated.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Magriel, New York.
Kennedy Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Gill, New York, 1964-2003.
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York.

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