SAL record control number: 46281

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Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Decorative hall panel for clubhouse at 14 West 12th Street

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1897 : Decorative hall panel for clubhouse at 14 West 12th Street  [from exhibition catalog]

Work date: 1897  [from exhibition catalog]

Work creator: Henry Pember Smith (1854-1907)

Work medium: Oil on mahogany panel
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Gift of the artist.
Primarily a painter of coastal marines, Venetian canals, quiet roads and tranquil riverbanks, in both oil and watercolor, the ruggedness of this Andalusian scene seems unusual in Henry Pember Smith’s oeuvre. Yet even so, the exquisite quality of his career. Perhaps it is also the ruggedness of the landscape that makes this work, and others painted of the region, stand out from the crowd of his “gentler” offerings.

Smith’s Spanish scenes received recognition in the press, especially those exhibited at the American Water Color Society in 1897 such as Street in Seville, Spain and Mountain Village, Andalusia, Spain with the first being compared to Corot and the latter as “one of the best works his able brush has yet produced.” Another Spanish work titled “In Andalusia,” resides in the collection of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA.

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SAL.2018.46281

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Original compiled and researched document by the Salmagundi, New York, NY.

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The author of this artwork died more than 70 years ago. According to U.S. Copyright Law, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death. In other countries, legislation may differ.

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August 21, 2018

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