Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, presented in a period gilt composition frame retaining a label for Lewis & Son framers of New York.

Stretcher size 18 x 13 in.; Frame dimensions 29 x 24 in.

From the Collection of the late Charles Wood Chatham, Sr., Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Herbert Denman was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a wealthy family. He studied at the Art Students League of New York, later traveling to Paris to continue his studies. Upon his return to New York in 1877, Denman was awarded several prominent commissions including Fred Vanderbilt's house at Dobbs Ferry, the Manhattan Hotel, and the Waldorf-Astoria ballroom. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1885 and 1886, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1887 to 1897, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Art Club and the Paris Exposition in 1889.

Good estate condition.

$2,000 - 4,000