Lot Essay
A strikingly similar work by Ernest Lawson with the same title is currently in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
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Property from a Significant Private Collection
Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)
Boys Bathing
Details
Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)
Boys Bathing
signed 'E. Lawson' (lower left)
oil on canvas
29 x 36 in. (73.6 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Boys Bathing
signed 'E. Lawson' (lower left)
oil on canvas
29 x 36 in. (73.6 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Provenance
The artist.
John Quinn, New York, acquired from the above, 1911.
Estate of the above, 1924; sold, American Art Association, Inc., New York, 9-11 February 1927, lot 248.
Fostoria Public Library, Fostoria, Ohio, 1927-93.
Private collection, 1993.
Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2002.
John Quinn, New York, acquired from the above, 1911.
Estate of the above, 1924; sold, American Art Association, Inc., New York, 9-11 February 1927, lot 248.
Fostoria Public Library, Fostoria, Ohio, 1927-93.
Private collection, 1993.
Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2002.
Literature
John Quinn, 1870-1925: Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings and Sculpture, New York, 1926, p. 24.