June 14, 2020 14:00 EST

American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists

 
Lot 39
 

39

William Langson Lathrop (American, 1859-1938)
The Bonfire

Signed 'W L Lathrop' bottom right; also with artist, title (twice) on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm)
Executed circa 1921-22.

Provenance

The Artist.
By descent in the Lathrop family.
Ferargil Galleries, New York City.
Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, Pennsylvania.
Collection of Philip and Diana Betsch.
Jim's of Lambertville, Lambertville, New Jersey.
Acquired directly from the above.
Collection of Heidi Bingham Stott, Florida.

Sold for $112,500
Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000


 

Signed 'W L Lathrop' bottom right; also with artist, title (twice) on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2cm)
Executed circa 1921-22.

Provenance

The Artist.
By descent in the Lathrop family.
Ferargil Galleries, New York City.
Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, Pennsylvania.
Collection of Philip and Diana Betsch.
Jim's of Lambertville, Lambertville, New Jersey.
Acquired directly from the above.
Collection of Heidi Bingham Stott, Florida.

Exhibited

"119th Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 3-March 1924, no. 107.

"William Langson Lathrop, Tonalism to Impressionism," Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, November 14, 1981-January 3, 1982; and Allentown Art Museum, January 17-March 14, 1982, no. 18 (traveling exhibition).

"Intimate Vistas: The Poetic Landscapes of William Langson Lathrop," James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1999-January 9, 2000.

Literature

Thomas Folk, William Langson Lathrop, Tonalism to Impressionism, an exhibition catalogue, The Gallery, Hempstead, 1981, no. 18 (illustrated).

Brian H. Peterson, Intimate Vistas: The Poetic Landscapes of William Lamgson Lathrop, an exhibition catalogue, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, 1999, illustrated (and used as the cover).

James M. Alterman, New Hope for American Art, Jim's of Lambertville, Lambertville, 2005, p. 251 (illustrated).

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