A Longshoreman

Provenance

The artist; (his sale, by Robert Somerville, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 26-27 January 1892, 1st day, no. 5); Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; (his sale, American Art Galleries, 14-17 February 1899, no. 20); A. Steckler. (sale, O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries, New York).[1] (John Levy Galleries, New York), in 1944.[2] private collection; by descent to consignor to 2009 sale; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 5 March 2009, no. 138); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] This information is from a label on the back of the frame. The painting has not yet been identified in an O'Reilly auction. [2] The painting was included in an exhibition at the Levy Galleries; no owners were identified in the exhibition checklist.

A Longshoreman

Brown, John George

n.d.

Accession Number

2015.19.238

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 30.48 × 45.72 cm (12 × 18 in.) | framed: 46.99 × 60.33 × 6.99 cm (18 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase by exchange: Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Sargent)