Lendall Pitts in His Paris Studio

William Emile Schumacher American, 1870-1931
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Lendall Pitts in His Paris Studio

1898

William Emile Schumacher

1870-1931

American

Unknown

Oil on canvas

Unframed: 31 3/4 × 20 1/2 inches (80.6 × 52.1 cm) Framed: 35 5/8 × 24 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (90.5 × 61.6 × 4.1 cm)

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American Art before 1950

Gift of Mrs. Lendall Pitts

59.98

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Signed and dated, on upper left, above top canvas painted into composition: Paris 1896 | A mon cher ami | peelzs | par Jacques | Wm | E | Schumacher

Inscribed, on upper left, above top canvas painted into composition: Paris 1896 | A mon cher ami | peelzs | par Jacques | Wm | E | Schumacher

Provenance

Elizabeth McCord Pitts [1880-1963] (Mrs. Lendall Pitts)

1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Goodwin, Daniel, Jr. Life and Services of James Pitts. Chicago, 1882, p. 42.

Burroughs, Clyde. Painting and Sculpture in Michigan. Detroit, 1936, pp. 142-144.

“Lendall Pitts Dies.” Obituary. The Detroit News (March 11, 1938).

Eight Generation of the Pitts Family. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1959, pp. 46-47.

Payne, Elizabeth. Portraits of Eight Generations of the Pitts Family. Detroit, 1959, pp. 46-47.

Wolf, Tom. Woodstock’s Art Heritage, the Permanent Collection of the Woodstock Artists Association. Woodstock, NY, 1987, p. 5.

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William Emile Schumacher, Lendall Pitts in His Paris Studio, 1898, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Lendall Pitts, 59.98.

Lendall Pitts in His Paris Studio
Lendall Pitts in His Paris Studio