Hermann Dudley Murphy Venise, 1895

Hermann Dudley Murphy
Venise, 1895
Signed H. D. Murphy, monogramed and dated Venise/1895 (ll)
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 13 inches (50.5 x 33 cm)

Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Graham Gallery, New York
Sale, Christie's, New York, May 30, 1986, lot 180

Exhibited:
(possibly) Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, 1896-97
New York, Graham Galleries, Hermann Dudley Murphy - Realism Married to Idealism Most Exquisitely, Feb. 24 - Apr. 17, 1982, no. 2, illus. in the exhibition cat., p. 14
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, "La Femme - The influence of Whistler and Japanese Print Masters on American Art. 1880-1917", Oct. - Dec., 1983, p. 57, no 66, illus.

This painting possibly traveled to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, Nov. 10, 1984- Jan 13, 1985.

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Condition Report: Glue relined; new stretchers; thinned from prior cleaning; frame rubbing; scattered tiny spots of inpainting along the edges; in the girl's face; some spots at top center and in the area of craquelure/paint separation at center right. Scattered fine craquelure.

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