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Edward Norton Griffith
Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
American Art Online, Lot 208
14.Nov - 21.Nov.2017
American Art Online, Lot 208
14.Nov - 21.Nov.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and dated 'Irvington, N.J./March 24th 1902/Edw. N. Griffith' (on one of the papers tucked under the open book)
oil on canvas
50 x 38 in. (127 x 96.5 cm.)
Painted in 1902.
Edward Norton Griffith, born in New Jersey in 1858 to a Methodist minister, is renowned for his intricately detailed trompe l’oeil paintings. Griffith moved with his wife to Florida in 1900 where he spent the remainder of his life working intermittently as a carpenter, house painter and artist. In his lifetime, Griffith exhibited and sold many of his paintings at the Society of Independent Artists in New York. The present work, Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table of 1902,
Other works by Griffith are in the collections of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987.
oil on canvas
50 x 38 in. (127 x 96.5 cm.)
Painted in 1902.
Edward Norton Griffith, born in New Jersey in 1858 to a Methodist minister, is renowned for his intricately detailed trompe l’oeil paintings. Griffith moved with his wife to Florida in 1900 where he spent the remainder of his life working intermittently as a carpenter, house painter and artist. In his lifetime, Griffith exhibited and sold many of his paintings at the Society of Independent Artists in New York. The present work, Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table of 1902,
Other works by Griffith are in the collections of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987.
A top price for Edward Norton Griffith - as previously expected
The work Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table by Edward Norton Griffith was sold in the American Art Online auction at Christies in New York in November 2017. The result of USD 6,000.00 (€ 5,042.86) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table is the most expensive artwork by Edward Norton Griffith that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table von Edward Norton Griffith wurde im November 2017 in der Auktion American Art Online bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 6.000,00 (€ 5.042,86) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Still Life of Books, Brush, Inkwell and a Pen on a Table das teuerste Kunstwerk von Edward Norton Griffith, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Edward Norton Griffith - Auction history
