The Chinese Statuette
- Date
- c.1910
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 58 in. × 45 1/4 in. (147.3 × 114.9 cm)
framed: 67 1/4 in. × 54 1/2 in. × 5 in. (170.8 × 138.4 × 12.7 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of John R. Longmire
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 125:1971
Provenance
- 1912
George A. Hearn (1835-1913), New York, NY [1]
1912 – 1956/03/28
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY [2]
by 1968 -1971
Mrs. John R. (Viola Miller) Longmire (1890-1974), St. Louis, MO [3]
1971 –
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of John R. Longmire [4]
Notes:
[1] Painting is listed as “lent by Mr. George A. Hearn” in 1912 exhibition catalog [Exhibition of Paintings by Richard E. Miller, Macbeth Gallery, NY, April 1 – 20, 1912, cat. no. 1]
[2] Painting is described as “recently purchased out of the Hearn Fund” in Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin [“Recent Accessions.” “The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin.” 7 (July 1912): 132. Sold at auction March 28, 1956 [“XIX Paintings…From the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, March 28, 1956, lot. no. 159, p. 49]
[3] Painting is credited as “Collection of Mrs. John R. Longmire” in Ball, Robert and Max W. Gottschalk. “Richard E. Miller, N. A.: An Impression and Appreciation.” St. Louis: The Longmire Fund, 1968. Viola Miller Longmire was sister of the artist.
[4] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, City Art Museum, December 17, 1971.
George A. Hearn (1835-1913), New York, NY [1]
1912 – 1956/03/28
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY [2]
by 1968 -1971
Mrs. John R. (Viola Miller) Longmire (1890-1974), St. Louis, MO [3]
1971 –
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of John R. Longmire [4]
Notes:
[1] Painting is listed as “lent by Mr. George A. Hearn” in 1912 exhibition catalog [Exhibition of Paintings by Richard E. Miller, Macbeth Gallery, NY, April 1 – 20, 1912, cat. no. 1]
[2] Painting is described as “recently purchased out of the Hearn Fund” in Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin [“Recent Accessions.” “The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin.” 7 (July 1912): 132. Sold at auction March 28, 1956 [“XIX Paintings…From the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, March 28, 1956, lot. no. 159, p. 49]
[3] Painting is credited as “Collection of Mrs. John R. Longmire” in Ball, Robert and Max W. Gottschalk. “Richard E. Miller, N. A.: An Impression and Appreciation.” St. Louis: The Longmire Fund, 1968. Viola Miller Longmire was sister of the artist.
[4] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, City Art Museum, December 17, 1971.
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