LOT 596:
Signed Edmund Tarbell "Venetian Blind" Pastel Study
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Signed Edmund Tarbell "Venetian Blind" Pastel Study
Signed Edmund C Tarbell*(LR) pastel study for the "The Venetian Blind".Signed and dated "Tarbell/1898" We strongly believe this is a study by Tarbell for the well known oil painting which resides in the Worcester Art Museum. NOTE: While examining the work under high powered lighting it was discovered what appear to be artist notes / pencil notations that seemingly had gone unnoticed or at least unmentioned, one of which reads .. "Lydia draped in Shadow" (Written Lower Left) the other is "Change to dark Green and Brown" (Which is written within the background upper left border). The piece is accompanied by a substantial amount of documentation including original letter of Authentication from Pierce Galleries. its publication and exhibition history and its history of ownership/provenance. Originally from from the artist to Phliip Leslie Hale to Marageret Fitzhugh Browne, Boston to Gibert Brouillette, Kansas City to Richard Charles Klein to Herbert Klein then to a private collection. sight size 19 x 16 1/4 in., Framed 22"W x 25.5"H. *We are listing this piece as a strong attribution because several works in the previously well established Catalog Raissone had been questioned (not this one). An article was published relating to the issue (we will provide). This work is listed in the Catalog Raissone and comes with substantial history dating back to the artist as well has having been published an exhibited. A copy of the book about Tarbell by a well known Tarbell expert gives this work a full color page illustration as being by Tarbell. Note: Once an Artists' work begin to appreciation substantially it is inevitable that "experts" begin to challenge as works as being authentic. For this reason we have attributed the work even though it is well documented. Thomas Hoving former director of the Metropolitan Museum has written extensively on these issues and controversies. ..

