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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

MAYTIME

measurements
36 by 39 in.

alternate measurements
(91.4 by 99.1 cm)

signed W.L. Metcalf and dated 1919, l.l.; also signed W.L. Metcalf, dated 1919 and titled Maytime on the reverse

oil on canvas

Painted at Woodbury, Connecticut.

This painting will be included in the forthcoming Willard L. Metcalf catalogue raisonné authored by Dr. Bruce W. Chambers, Ira Spanierman, Dr. William H. Gerdts and Elizabeth de Veer.

PROVENANCE

Milch Galleries, New York
C.T. Palmer, New London, Connecticut, 1920
Plaza Gallery, New York, 1961
Kennedy Galleries, New York (as Westport)
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (as Hills Back of Westport)
Private Collection, Texas
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 25, 1988, lot 181, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Connecticut (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 1994, lot 44, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

EXHIBITED

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Seventh Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, December 1919-January 1920, illustrated p. 80
New York, Milch Gallery, Metcalf Exhibition, March-April 1920
Waterbury, Connecticut, Mattatuck Museum, Connecticut Masters, November 1986-April 1987

LITERATURE

Art News (review of exhibition at Milch Gallery), March 20, 1920
Elizabeth de Veer and Richard J. Boyle, Sunlight & Shadow: The Life and Art of Willard L. Metcalf, New York, 1987, illustrated in color p. 128