Comparable Sales
Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.
Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.
Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.
John Hedges, Philadelphia, (not documented). Joann Kolodny, Baltimore, by 1953. L. Manuel Hendler, B...
Baltimore Museum of Art, from 1957 to 1958
M. Knoedler and Company, New York City, 1958
sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.
John Hedges, Philadelphia, (not documented). Joann Kolodny, Baltimore, by 1953. L. Manuel Hendler, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, from 1957 to 1958; M. Knoedler and Company, New York City, 1958; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.
New York, National Academy of Design, Seventh Autumn Exhibition, Nov. 19–Dec. 15, 1888, cat. 44. Phliadelphia, Wanamaker's Department Store, late 1888/early 1889. Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available]. La Jolla Museum of Art, The Reminiscent Object, Paintings by William Michael Harnett, John Frederick Peto, and John Haberle, July 11–Sept. 19, 1965, cat. 21; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Sept. 28–Oct. 31, 1965. Philadelphia, Peale Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Two Illusionist Painters, William Michael Harnett and John Frederick Peto, Mar. 11–Apr. 17, 1966, cat. 2. New York City, Coe Kerr Gallery, One Hundred–Fifty Years of American Still–Life Painting, Apr. 27–May 16, 1970, cat. 32. Sacramento, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Munich and American Realism in the Nineteenth Century, Oct. 28–Dec. 10, 1970, cat. 37. Cincinnati Art Museum, Munich & American Realism in the 19th Century, Apr. 20–May 28, 1978; Milwaukee Art Center, July 13–Aug. 27, 1978; Sacramento, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Oct. 28–Dec. 10, 1978. New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, William H. Harnett, Mar. 16–June 14, 1992; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, July 17–Oct. 18, 1992, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Nov. 14, 1992–Feb. 14, 1993, Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Mar. 14–June 13, 1993 (New York only). Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, Nov. 10, 2013–Jan. 27, 2014, cat. 23; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Feb. 22–May 18, 2014.

Kano Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1565–1608) · 1540

Alfred Sisley (French, 1840–1899) · 1885

Jeptha Homer Wade (American, 1811–1890) · 1837

Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60–1523) · 1485

Zhang Wo (Chinese, active c.1336–after 1364) · 1361
<p>Still-life painter William Michael Harnett excelled at trompe l’oeil, painting that fools the eye, through realistic depiction. In <em>For Sunday’s Dinner</em>, a chicken hangs in front of a painted door with its throat cut and most of its feathers plucked; a few remaining downy spots stand out against the puckered, pimpled flesh. The metal door hinges, on the right side of the canvas, frame the chicken and echo its form. The painting’s title and the rough, blemished surface of the door suggest a country dinner, the homey meal evoking nostalgia for a simpler past.</p>
2 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 4 structured provenance events · 10 structured exhibitions.