About the Artwork
Kneeling Male Figure
19th century
Thomas Cole
1801-1848
American
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Overall: 17 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (44.8 × 41.9 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
39.577
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Provenance
Thomas Cole. Florence Cole Vincent
1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Parry, Ellwood C. “Thomas Cole and the Problem of Figure Painting.” American Art Journal, 4 (Spring 1972): pp. 79-86.
____________. The Art of Thomas Cole. Newark, DE, 1988, p. 119.
American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts Volume 1. New York, 1991, pp. 274-275, no. A13.
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Thomas Cole, Kneeling Male Figure, 19th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 39.577.
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