Aloys Lang

Lot 126: Louis Lang (1814-1893)

Name: Louis Lang (1814-1893)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 4fbbb311a6

Est: $30,000 USD - $50,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 30, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Louis Lang (1814-1893)
Reminiscences of Lake Mahopac--Ladies Preparing for a Boat Race
signed and dated 'L. Lang/1864/65' (lower left)
oil on canvas
44¼ x 61¼ in. (112.4 x 155.6 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Aloys Lang

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, 1865, no. 418.
Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, Land of Plenty: Nineteenth Century American Picnic and Harvest Scenes, November 14, 1981-January 10, 1982, no. 19.
Yonkers, New York, The Hudson River Museum, Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Painting 1840-1910, May 18-July 14, 1986, no. 16.

Literature

C. Cook, "National Academy of Design. Fortieth Annual Exhibition. First Article," New York Daily Tribune, May 13, 1865, p. 9.
R. Barry, Land of Plenty: Nineteenth Century American Picnic and Harvest Scenes, exhibition catalogue, Katonah, New York, 1981, pp. 7-8, no. 19, illustrated.
L.M. Edwards, Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Paintings 1840-1910, exhibition catalogue, Yonkers, New York, 1986, pp. 46, 48, illustrated.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. George J. Arden, New York.
[With]Berry Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1988.
By descent to the present owner.

Notes

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Auction Details

American Paintings

Christie's

November 30, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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