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JOSEPH B. SMITH AND SON, CIRCA 1859

Schätzpreis
30.000 $ - 50.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 189

JOSEPH B. SMITH AND SON, CIRCA 1859

Schätzpreis
30.000 $ - 50.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Joseph B. Smith and Son, circa 1859 THE OKOLONA The house represented by the white flag with simple blue cross, on the mizzen mast, is unidentified. The records consulted list several possible names, using the same flag. None are apposite. Whereas the painting is undated, evidence here suggests that the portrait was painted in 1859, her launch date, or on one of her visits to New York shortly thereafter. Whereas the painting is unsigned, there is sufficient evidence, both on the painting itself and from research on other comparable Smith paintings, to conclude that the painting is by the hands of Joseph B. & William S. Smith his son. It can be said that the Smiths signed their paintings in three ways. First, by painting a customary signature in the lower right hand corner of the work; or second, by inserting their business card behind the wooden stretcher, and in all cases by painting the American flag in uniquely, replicated detail. It is possible that lacking a painted signature, for unknown reasons, the Smiths always inserted their business card. Its loss could almost be presumed over the span of 150 years. There are examples with four surviving corner nails on the stretcher, where, we can presume, a business card had once been affixed. The basis of this conclusion that Okolona is indeed by the Smiths is outlined in greater detail in my article "Joseph B. Smith & Son, Marine Artists and Their American Flag", Maine Antiques Digest, March, 2001. The Smiths have a well-deserved reputation for accuracy and a graceful, personal style, fully expressed in Okolona's portrait; all in a generous size, as well. There is no explanation for the schooner in the background left. The vignette does suggest that she is emerging from fog. In such cases, and before the sun has fully penetrated, all color does seem to vanish. Evidently, the Smiths were sensitive to the play of shadow as light seems to pass by the sheltered hull of Okolona. With their distinctive talents the Smiths thrived in the City of Brooklyn's port, even among a pantheon of exceptional American marine artists competing for commissions. Neighbors and colleagues included James Buttersworth, Conrad Freitag, Nathaniel Currier Frances Flora Bond Palmer and Charles Parsons The father and son partnership broke up with the coming of the Civil War, but not before leaving an invaluable artistic legacy. Oil on canvas 26 by 36 in.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 189
Auktion:
Datum:
27.09.2012
Auktionshaus:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Joseph B. Smith and Son, circa 1859 THE OKOLONA The house represented by the white flag with simple blue cross, on the mizzen mast, is unidentified. The records consulted list several possible names, using the same flag. None are apposite. Whereas the painting is undated, evidence here suggests that the portrait was painted in 1859, her launch date, or on one of her visits to New York shortly thereafter. Whereas the painting is unsigned, there is sufficient evidence, both on the painting itself and from research on other comparable Smith paintings, to conclude that the painting is by the hands of Joseph B. & William S. Smith his son. It can be said that the Smiths signed their paintings in three ways. First, by painting a customary signature in the lower right hand corner of the work; or second, by inserting their business card behind the wooden stretcher, and in all cases by painting the American flag in uniquely, replicated detail. It is possible that lacking a painted signature, for unknown reasons, the Smiths always inserted their business card. Its loss could almost be presumed over the span of 150 years. There are examples with four surviving corner nails on the stretcher, where, we can presume, a business card had once been affixed. The basis of this conclusion that Okolona is indeed by the Smiths is outlined in greater detail in my article "Joseph B. Smith & Son, Marine Artists and Their American Flag", Maine Antiques Digest, March, 2001. The Smiths have a well-deserved reputation for accuracy and a graceful, personal style, fully expressed in Okolona's portrait; all in a generous size, as well. There is no explanation for the schooner in the background left. The vignette does suggest that she is emerging from fog. In such cases, and before the sun has fully penetrated, all color does seem to vanish. Evidently, the Smiths were sensitive to the play of shadow as light seems to pass by the sheltered hull of Okolona. With their distinctive talents the Smiths thrived in the City of Brooklyn's port, even among a pantheon of exceptional American marine artists competing for commissions. Neighbors and colleagues included James Buttersworth, Conrad Freitag, Nathaniel Currier Frances Flora Bond Palmer and Charles Parsons The father and son partnership broke up with the coming of the Civil War, but not before leaving an invaluable artistic legacy. Oil on canvas 26 by 36 in.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 189
Auktion:
Datum:
27.09.2012
Auktionshaus:
Sotheby's
New York
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