Enoch Wood Perry

Lot Description Enoch Wood Perry (1831-1915) Pastoral--He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not oil on canvas 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.) Provenance The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, circa 1940s. Harry King Cochran, Little Rock, Arkansas. Bess C. Cochran, Little Rock, Arkansas, by descent. Private collection, by descent. Christie's, New York, 22 September 1994, lot 20. Acquired by the present owner from the above. Literature Art Digest, New York, March 15, 1945, vol. 19, p. 2. B. Cowdrey, "The Discovery of Enoch Wood Perry," The Old Print Shop Portfolio, New York, April 1945, vol. IV, no. 8, pp. 171-81, cover illustration. Exhibited New York, The Old Print Shop, Inc., Enoch Wood Perry, April 1945. View Lot Notes › The Old Print Shop acquired thirty paintings by Enoch Wood Perry, including the present work, in the early 1940s, along with many drawings, photographs, letters, and memorabilia. In July of 1896, Monthly Illustration accurately summarized Mr. Perry's fascination with chance encounters on the homestead. "Mr. Perry has a liking for quiet quaint interiors, and often paints the domestic side of life, both in and out of doors. Venturing to interpret the purpose of his work, his frequent choice of pastoral and homely figures would seem to suggest a belief that, though they are no longer as much painted or as blindly accepted by the public, in themselves they must always be legitimate material for an artist, because they are so essentially human." (Monthly Illustration, July, 1896, pp. 533-34)

Lot 399 Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. (American, 1831-1915) Girl Quilting Signed, inscribed, and dated "E. Wood Perry N.A. '85" l.l., auctioncatalogue fragments affixed to the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (41.3 x 31.1 cm), framed. Condition: Craquelure, retouch, subtle varnishinconsistencies. Provenance: Autograph Collection, Rare Etchings and Engravings,Water Colors and Oil Paintings, Curios, Etc. Collected by GeorgeAlfred Townsend, C. F. Libbie & Co. Auctioneers andAppraisers, Boston, Massachusetts, April 8, 1909, lot 529. Estimate $6,000-8,000

Enoch Wood Perry (1831-1915), Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley (1863), oil oncanvas, 42 x 36 inches, signed and dated lowerright. In late July 1863, Enoch Wood Perry, alongwith writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow, painters Albert Bierstadtand Virgil Williams, and geologist John Hewston embarkedon a six-week journey into the Yosemite Valley. Well-documented byLudlow and in newspaper accounts, their trip was alsoportrayed in Virgil Williams’’’’’’’’ famous painting entitled On theMariposa Trail, which depicts Williams’’’’’’’’ four companionsalong the Merced River. Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley, painted tenyears before Yosemite became a National Park, is believedto be the first-ever painting of this landmark.

Enoch Wood Perry American, 1831-1915 HEAD OF A MAN Signed E. Wood Perry/N.A. 1885 (ll), inscribed on thebacking Relined AOS - 1952/E. Wood Perry/N.A. - 1885 Oil on canvas 8 x 6 inches Estimate $400-600 Lined. Frame rubbing. Dirty varnish. Several scattered smallspots of inpainting, mainly along the outer edges. Appears to be anarea of inpainting in the upper left corner. Difficult to seerestoration through the old varnish, under UV light.

Enoch Wood Perry American, 1831-1915 HEAD OF A MAN Signed E. Wood Perry/N.A. 1885 (ll), inscribed on thebacking Relined AOS - 1952/E. Wood Perry/N.A. - 1885 Oil on canvas 8 x 6 inches Estimate $400-600 Lined. Frame rubbing. Dirty varnish. Several scattered smallspots of inpainting, mainly along the outer edges. Appears to be anarea of inpainting in the upper left corner. Difficult to seerestoration through the old varnish, under UV light.