
Lot 23
William McGregor Paxton(1869-1941)Venice 30 1/4 x 25in
22 May 2019, 16:00 EDT
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William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941)
Venice
signed and dated 'Paxton / 1910' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25in
Painted in 1910.
signed and dated 'Paxton / 1910' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25in
Painted in 1910.
Footnotes
Provenance
Collection of Marie and Hugh Halff, San Antonio, Texas.
Gift to the present owner from the above, by 2000.
In the summer of 1910, William McGregor Paxton and his wife spent two months in Venice, where they rented an apartment on the Zattere facing the Canal del Giudecca. The present work was painted on this trip. Paxton, like many of his American artistic contemporaries who visited Venice, was inspired by the beauty of Venetian architecture and lighting effects on the water of the city's canals.