The Docks, 1899

Provenance

Private collection

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, May 28, 1987, lot 263, from above

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and Sandy Rifkin, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, acquired from above

Sale, Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5, 2022, lot 7, from above

Exhibited

Owen Gallery, New York, New York, The Eight, October 23–December 14, 2022.

Related Works (see following pages)

Winter on 21^st Street, New York, 1899, pastel on gray paper, 20⅜ x 24⅜ inches, signed lower center; Brooklyn Museum, New York

The Docks, 1901, pastel on paper, 15½ x 22 inches, signed and dated lower left; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, New York

Note: Everett Shinn’s The Docks exemplifies the artist’s interest in gritty city scenes. He painted numerous depictions of streets throughout New York and Philadelphia.