Salamander Fire Screen
- Date
- 1925
- Material
- Wrought iron
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 29 1/2 x 57 x 3 1/2 in. (74.9 x 144.8 x 8.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Richard Brumbaugh Trust in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and Grace Lischer Brumbaugh
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 24:2009
Provenance
1925 -
Adele Scott Saul and Maurice Bower Saul, Rose Valley, PA, commissioned from the artist; their family, by inheritance [1]
- 2005
Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society, Rose Valley, PA, given by descendants of Adele Scott Saul and Maurice Bower Saul [2]
2005/12/10
In auction, "American Renaissance," Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2005, lot no. 468, on consignment from the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society [3]
2005 - 2009
Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Sotheby's New York [4]
2009 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc. [5]
Notes:
[1] Adele Scott Saul and Maurice Bower Saul commissioned the screen in the 1920s for "Schönhaus," their residence in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, per catalogue, "American Renaissance," Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2005, lot no. 468.
[2] In an email to David Conradsen, dated August 28, 2009, Gerald Peters Gallery Director Alice Duncan states that the Saul family descendants gave the screen to the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society, who later deaccessioned the screen and consigned it to auction.
[3] See note [1]. The lot was unsold.
[4] In email correspondence to David Conradsen, dated August 28, 2009, Gallery Director Alice Duncan states that Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc., New York, NY purchased the firescreen from Sotheby's after the December 12, 2005 auction [SLAM document files].
[5] Per invoice from Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc., dated August 28, 2009 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 21, 2009.
Adele Scott Saul and Maurice Bower Saul, Rose Valley, PA, commissioned from the artist; their family, by inheritance [1]
- 2005
Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society, Rose Valley, PA, given by descendants of Adele Scott Saul and Maurice Bower Saul [2]
2005/12/10
In auction, "American Renaissance," Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2005, lot no. 468, on consignment from the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society [3]
2005 - 2009
Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Sotheby's New York [4]
2009 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc. [5]
Notes:
[1] Adele Scott Saul and Maurice Bower Saul commissioned the screen in the 1920s for "Schönhaus," their residence in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, per catalogue, "American Renaissance," Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2005, lot no. 468.
[2] In an email to David Conradsen, dated August 28, 2009, Gerald Peters Gallery Director Alice Duncan states that the Saul family descendants gave the screen to the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society, who later deaccessioned the screen and consigned it to auction.
[3] See note [1]. The lot was unsold.
[4] In email correspondence to David Conradsen, dated August 28, 2009, Gallery Director Alice Duncan states that Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc., New York, NY purchased the firescreen from Sotheby's after the December 12, 2005 auction [SLAM document files].
[5] Per invoice from Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc., dated August 28, 2009 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 21, 2009.
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