Art Institute of Chicago
Overmantel
Robert Laurent · 1913
Provenance
Ownership history
- Commissioned by Hamilton Easter Field (1873–1922) for Lydia Seaman Haviland Field (1838–1917), Brooklyn, NY, c. 1913 [Jozefacka with Rosati 2023, 29–30]; by descent to her son, Hamilton Easter Field (1873–1922), Brooklyn, NY, and Ogunquit, ME, c. 1917; bequeathed to the artist (1890–1970), Brooklyn, NY, Cape Neddick, ME, and Bloomington, IN, 1922 [Bolger 1988, n. 117]; by descent to his son, Paul Laurent (1925– ), Ogunquit, ME, 1970 [this and the following according to email from Brehon Laurent, Sept. 11, 2023; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to Brehon Laurent, Ogunquit, ME; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Peter V. Moak, <em>The Robert Laurent Memorial Exhibition, 1972-1973</em>, exh. cat. (Durham: University of New Hampshire, 1972), 11, fig. 5 (ill.).
- Roberta K. Tarbell, <em>Robert Laurent and American Figurative Sculpture 1910-1960</em>, exh. cat. (David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, 1994), fig. 1 (ill.).
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