Samuel Isham (American, 1855-1914), A Fairy Tale

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Lot Description

Samuel Isham (American, 1855-1914)

A Fairy Tale
Signed and dated "S. Isham 1901" lower left, identified on a modern label from the Saint Louis Art Museum affixed to the frame backing and on two period labels (including a 1911 AIC exhibition label, see below) affixed to the back of the frame.
Oil on canvas, 78 x 48 in. (198.1 x 121.9 cm), framed.
Condition: Lined, new stretcher.

Provenance: Property of the Saint Louis Art Museum, sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund (Bequest of the artist to the Saint Louis Art Museum).

Literature: "The Century's American Artists Series," The Century Magazine, vol. LXVIII, no. 3, July 1904, pp. 393 (illustrated), 490; "Acquisitions Made by the City Art Museum in 1914: Various Gifts," Bulletin of the City Art Museum of Saint Louis, vol. 1, January 1915, p. 29 (illustrated); City Art Museum Catalogue of Paintings, Saint Louis Art Museum, cat. 13, pp. 44, 109; Impressionism Reflected: American Art 1890-1920, exhibition catalogue, Saint Louis Art Museum, 1982, p. 4; Phillip Prodger, "The World in St. Louis," Apollo Magazine, December 2004, pp. 66 (illustrated), 67.

Exhibitions: Twenty-third Annual Exhibition, Society of American Artists, Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society, New York, March 30-May 4, 1901; Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, October 29-December 8, 1901, cat. 174; Seventy-first Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January 20-March 1, 1902, cat. 460; Spring Exhibition of Modern American Art, The Waldorf Astoria, New York, date unknown; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, April 30-December 1, 1904; Twenty-fourth Annual Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Nov 14-Dec 27, 1911, cat. 184; Impressionism Reflected: American Art 1890-1920, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 8-June 27, 1982.

N.B. According to the compilation of works included in the annual exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Isham exhibited a painting titled A Fairy Tale both in 1901 - the year in which this lot was painted - and again in 1911. Only the 1911 exhibition label remains attached.

Condition

Condition: Framed dimensions are 84 x 55 x 4 inches.

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