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Artist:
Guy, Seymour J. b. 1824  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 234 (Sale info: $2500.00).
"See no. 192. Seymour J. Guy, in 'See Saw, Margery Daw,' has exquisitely portrayed an incident of home-life, under a candle-light effect. A mother is playing with her half-dressed infant, and a child stands beside them with interested expression. As a color composition the picture is exceptionally fine, the gradations being expressed with marvelous subtlety and truthfulness. - the Art Union, April, 1884." [P. 50; see serial 03860192 for commentary on artist. Under illustration appears the annotation: "from National Academy Notes, 1884."]
Illustrated Catalogue of Works of Art in the Art Building of the Southern Exposition at Louisville, Ky. August 16 - October 25, 1884. Prepared by Charles M. Kurtz, Director of the Art Department. Editor of National Academy Notes and the Art Union Magazine. Published for the Art Committee by John P. Morton and Company.
Artist address: New York, New York.
Artist professional affiliation: National Academician; A.A.U.; American Water Color Society (New York).
Topic:
Figure group--Female & Child  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Home Life  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Object--Other--Candlestick  Search this
Occupation--Domestic--Motherhood  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03860234
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
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