Lot 278
Lot 278
ALFRED WILLIAM PARSONS, R.A., R.I., P.R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1847-1929)

Apple Blossoms

Price Realised USD 15,120
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 15 Jun 2023
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ALFRED WILLIAM PARSONS, R.A., R.I., P.R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1847-1929)

Apple Blossoms

Price Realised USD 15,120
Closed: 15 Jun 2023
Price Realised USD 15,120
Closed: 15 Jun 2023
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ALFRED WILLIAM PARSONS, R.A., R.I., P.R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1847-1929)
Apple Blossoms
inscribed and signed 'To my friend ALMA TADEMA/ALFRED PARSONS.' (lower right)
oil on panel
32 x 914 in. (81.3 x 23.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1890.
Provenance
The artist.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., gifted by the above.
His studio sale; Hampton and Sons, London, 9-13 and 16 June, 1913, lot 603.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Arcade, New York, 20 July 1994, lot 240, as Wild Roses.
with Leicester Galleries, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 June 1996, lot 673.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
C. Monkhouse, British Contemporary Artists, London, 1899, pp. 225-226.
R. de Cordova, 'The Panels in Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Hall', Strand Magazine, XXIV, December 1902, pp. 615, 621, 626, illustrated, also illustrated in situ.
P. C. Standing, 'Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A., and his Art,' The Windsor Magazine, London, June-November 1904, vol. xx, p. 254, illustrated.
P. C. Standing, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., London, 1905, p. 42.
R. de Cordova, 'The Hall of Panels in the House of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A.,' Scribner's Magazine, London, March 1911, vol. xlix, pp. 301, 303, illustrated, also illustrated in situ.
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