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PROPERTY FROM THE DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF DR. PAUL CUSHMAN, JR.
Lot 75
John White Alexander(1856-1915)Portrait of Alonzo Barton Hepburn 28 x 22 1/8 in. (71.1 x 56.2 cm.)
18 November 2021, 14:00 EST
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John White Alexander (1856-1915)
Portrait of Alonzo Barton Hepburn
signed 'John W. Alexander' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 22 1/8 in. (71.1 x 56.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1910-11.
signed 'John W. Alexander' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 22 1/8 in. (71.1 x 56.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1910-11.
Footnotes
Provenance
Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922), New York, (probably) commissioned from the artist, circa 1910-11.
Cordelia Susan (neé Hepburn) Cushman (1894-1960), New York, daughter of the above, by descent from the above, 1922.
Paul Cushman, Sr. (1891-1971), New York, husband of the above, by descent from the above, 1960.
By descent from the above to the late owner, 1971.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition, March, 1916, pp. 32, 53, no. 25. (as Portrait of A. Barton Hepburn, Esq.)
The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisoneé being prepared by Mary Anne Goley.
Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) was a prominent politician from New York and is best remembered for his work as the 8th Comptroller of the Currency in the United States from 1892-93 under presidents Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) and Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). After his time in office as Comptroller, he became the president of the Third National Bank of New York, then the Vice-President of the National City Bank in 1897 after the successful merger of several banks with the Third National Bank of New York, and then President of Chase Manhattan Bank from 1904 until 1922. In addition to his posts in the field of banking, Hepburn was also a prolific writer on economics and finance and wrote several books, including History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the Perennial Contest for Sound Money published in 1903 and A History of Currency in the United States in 1915.
