Archibald Menzies

Artists

Dimensions

76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.) frame: 95.3 x 82.6 x 5.1 cm (37 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Pender-Small (?-1927), sold; [through Christie’s London, November 28, 1927, lot 50]; to Spiller (1927-?). [Julius H. Weitzner, New York, NY, sold]; to Robert Rantoul Endicott, New York, NY (?-1957), gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1957. Notes: 1. According to a letter dated October 21, 1968, from Mr. Brinsley Ford, London to the Director of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the painting was purchased at the November 28, 1927 Christie’s London sale by Spiller for 32 gns. No further information about the identity of Spiller is provided; it is possible that Spiller was a dealer. 2. According to a letter from Julius H Weitzner to Robert R. Endicott dated September 27, 1957, the painting was exhibited at the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum in Berlin from 1929-1932. 3. The painting was lent by Julius H. Weitzner to the 1956 Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT exhibition “Homage to Mozart” (cat. 36).