Details
CHARLES VEZIN (1858-1942)
Singer Building at Night
signed indistinctly 'C Vezin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 10 in. (45.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
MME Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2007.
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A related work by Vezin of the same title, dated circa 1908-10, is in the collection of the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Charles Vezin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1858 and worked at a dry-goods firm for the first part of his career. He then began painting, dedicating himself to art for the remainder of his life. He studied at the Art Students League in New York, where he would later serve as president from 1911-15. Vezin is known for his Impressionistic scenes of the New York skyline, such as the present work.

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