Harry Mills Walcott (American, 1870-1944), The Bluebird

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Lot Description

Harry Mills Walcott (American, 1870-1944)

The Bluebird
Inscribed and signed "COPYRIGHT 1913 BY/HM WALCOTT" l.r., titled in two places and signed or inscribed "HM Walcott..." across the top of the tacking edge.
Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 x 37 7/8 in. (95.3 x 96.2 cm), framed.
Condition: Pinhole puncture in the bangs of the girl seated behind, a 5-inch horizontal line of craquelure with retouch just left of center, other minor retouch, subtle canvas rippling, craquelure, minor paint losses, stretcher bar marks, minor surface grime.

Provenance: A private Maine collection.

Exhibitions: National Academy of Design Annual Exhibition, 1913, as cat. no. 343.

N.B. Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Harry Mills Walcott was the son of a prominent Presbyterian clergyman. He studied at the School of the National Academy of Design, winning the Havemeyer Traveling Scholarship in 1894, which allowed him to study further at the Académie Julian in Paris. He was awarded an Honorable Mention at the Paris Salon in 1897. Painting charming compositions of women and girls and noted for his ability to create interesting figural relationships, Walcott continued to exhibit very successfully, winning medals at major international expositions such as the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. He was an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design (1903) and a member of the Society of American Artists. Walcott served on the faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago and sat on the jury for the 1907 AIC Annual Exhibition with his prominent peers, William Merritt Chase, Joseph DeCamp, Daniel Garber, and J. Francis Murphy.

Condition

Condition: Framed dimensions are 42 x 42 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches.

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