ADOLPHE SCHREYER
German, 1828–1899
Arab Scouts
Signed Ad Schreyer
Oil on canvas
34 x 56 inches (86.4 x 142.2 cm)
Framed: 41 x 63 inches (104 x 160 cm)
We are grateful to Dr. Christoph Andreas for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Provenance
Moore & Curtiss Collection (sale, Kirby Art Gallery, New York, March 25, 1881, sold for $2,800)
Mrs. Jane P. McNeely
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1912 (acquired from the above)
James Graham & Sons, New York, 1914 (acquired from the above)
Yamanaka & Co. Store, New York (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 24, 1944)
The Traffic Club of Chicago
Private Collection, Massachusetts, 2015 to the present
Literature
Edward Strahan, ed., The Art Treasures of America being the Choicest Works of Art in the Public and Private Collections of North America, Philadelphia, 1879-1882, vol. III, p. 40
New York Times, March 26, 1881, p. 5
Benezit, Dictionary of Artists, Paris, 2006, Vol. 12, p. 777
$58,000