Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936) Scene from an Amateur Play, Giverny...

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936)
Scene from an Amateur Play, Giverny
signed 'T.E. / Butler' (lower left)
oil on canvas
46 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (117.5 x 117.5 cm.)
Painted in 1910.
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Maxwell Galleries, Ltd., San Francisco, by 1972.
Ashkenazy Galleries, Beverly Hills, California.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Exhibited
San Francisco, Maxwell Galleries, Ltd., Theodore Earl Butler (1860-1936): American Impressionist, June 16-July 15, 1972, p. 76, no. 722.

Literature
R.H. Love, Theodore Earl Butler: Emergence from Monet's Shadow, Chicago, 1985, pp. 347, 425, illustrated. (as Scene from a Play)

This painting will be included in Patrick Bertrand's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Theodore Earl Butler.