Summering Austria, Circa 1925
10 cms (3.94 ins)
Signed "Fern I. Coppedge" bottom edge right. Contained in a giltwood frame, circa 1920-1940s.
made in 1925
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "American & Modern Art" held on Thu, Feb 27, 2020.
Lot 15
Lot 15
Estimate: CAD $7,000 - $9,000
Realised: CAD $4,200
Realised: CAD $4,200
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
The artist, Philadelphia, PA., possibly from an exhibition, with the exhibition label accompanying the lot;
McClees Galleries, Philadelphia gallery label verso backboard;
Private Collection, Toronto;
By descent to current Private Collection
Exhibitions:
An inscribed exhibition card for an unknown show, signed and titled sent from the artist's studio address located at 4011 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, PA accompanies the backboard that is fitted with a hinged picture stand
Literature:
This lot will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonne (publication date: 2020) being compiled by Les & Sue Fox of West Highland Publishing & Fine Art.
Notes:
Fern Isabel Coppedge was associated with the New Hope School of American Impressionism. She and Mary Elizabeth Price became some of the only female painters within the male-dominated group of Pennsylvania Impressionists. She studied under William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League in New York, and under Henry Bayley Snell at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Fern settled in New Hope, PA in 1920.
The artist, Philadelphia, PA., possibly from an exhibition, with the exhibition label accompanying the lot;
McClees Galleries, Philadelphia gallery label verso backboard;
Private Collection, Toronto;
By descent to current Private Collection
Exhibitions:
An inscribed exhibition card for an unknown show, signed and titled sent from the artist's studio address located at 4011 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, PA accompanies the backboard that is fitted with a hinged picture stand
Literature:
This lot will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonne (publication date: 2020) being compiled by Les & Sue Fox of West Highland Publishing & Fine Art.
Notes:
Fern Isabel Coppedge was associated with the New Hope School of American Impressionism. She and Mary Elizabeth Price became some of the only female painters within the male-dominated group of Pennsylvania Impressionists. She studied under William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League in New York, and under Henry Bayley Snell at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Fern settled in New Hope, PA in 1920.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.