About the Artwork
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)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mrs. Lendall Pitts
59.98
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Markings
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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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.
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