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THBRobert Henri 1918 Oil, "Spanish Girl with Flowers"
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LiveJun 28, 2015 - Jun 29, 2015
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- Lot Description
Robert Henri (American (New York/ Pennsylvania/ Ohio), 1865-1929). "Spanish Girl with Flowers" - 1918, oil on canvas, signed lower right of center. Portrait painting by the Ashcan School artist depicting a Spanish gypsy girl at center at waist length wearing a red scarf over her raven hair, her exposed ears adorned with large gold hoop earrings, her large brown eyes set over a petite nose and smiling red lips with a beaded pendant necklace at her throat, the figure wearing a white dress with blouson short sleeves and a deep v neckline and holding a bunch of gathered wildflowers in the crook of her arm and dangling a single rose from her left fingertips, the figure set before a deep green washed background. Inscribed to verso of canvas with title of painting above artist's name. Inscribed to verso of canvas tacking edge "Sellars Museum, Bert Baum Director, Sellarsville, PA". Framed approximately 36.75" x 31.5", unframed approximately 30.125" x 25". Alternate spelling of artist's name: Robert Henry Cozad Henri. Note: a co-founder of the Ashcan School, Henri studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a student of Thomas Anschutz and Thomas Hovenden, from 1888 to 1891 he went to Paris and attended the Academy Julian and was also accepted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1891 but instead returned to Pennsylvania to study further at the Academy and eventually teach at the Pennsylvania School of Design for Women. After moving to New York in 1902, Henri led the fight against the Academics by publicly rejecting what he viewed as restraints from the National Academy of Design, a philosophy he taught at his own art school and proclaimed in his organization, "The Eight". Those who opposed the National Academy of Design's ideals believed art should be relevant to contemporary and everyday life rather than be created for "popular taste", a philosophy known in art as Social Realism. Henri visited the American West and Southwest in the early 20th century during which time he did portraits of Indians, African Americans, Chicanos, Chinese, and other ethnic types, this being the period in which this example of Henri's work was created.
Condition
Examined under blacklight. Painting not relined, no signs of restoration. Oxidation to verso of canvas commensurate with age. Craquelure throughout commensurate with age. Four tears to painting: a 1.25" long v shaped tear at right below hand, a 0.5" long tear on hand at right, a 0.375" long tear below pendant on chest, and a 0.75" long c shaped tear to lower right chin. Minor frame rubbing to edges of canvas. Painting exhibits no apparent further damage, and the paint layer, aside from areas of tearing, appears stable.
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