EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD (American, 1848-1936). At the Well, circa 1867-81. Oil on canvas. 17 x 14-1/4 inches (43.2 x 36...

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EDWIN HOWLAND BLASHFIELD (American, 1848-1936)
At the Well, circa 1867-81
Oil on canvas
17 x 14-1/4 inches (43.2 x 36.2 cm)
Signed, dedicated and inscribed lower right: To my friend / M.P Hennessy / Edwin Howland Blashfield / Paris

THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST

This lot retains its original frame.

A native New Yorker, Blashfield was a noted academic artist who distinguished himself both as a premier muralist and genre painter. This work dates from 1874 to 1880, the period Blashfield was training in Paris with Leon Bonnat and Jean-Leon Gerome. The classically beautiful woman, whom he depicted with elegant line and rich, inventive color, was doubtless drawn from his travels to Italy. M. P. Hennessy, to whom the artist dedicated this painting, may, in fact, have been the heir to the Cognac fortune.


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