William Sullivant Vanderbilt Allen

William Sullivant Vanderbilt Allen (1860-1931) In the Music Room with Daffodils signed and inscribed 'Very truly yours William S. Allen' (upperright) oil on canvas 21¾ x 18 in. (55.2 x 45.7 cm.) Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM A MEMBER OF THE VANDERBILT FAMILY Provenance Ethelinda Vanderbilt Allen, sister of the artist. Mildred Sutton Ward, daughter of the above. By descent to the present owner. Lot Notes Allen, a well-to-do artist and great-grandson of CommodoreCornelius Vanderbilt, attended the École des Beaux Arts in Parisfor ten years studying under Jules Lefebvre, Claude Monet, WilliamBougereau and Jean-Leon Gérôme. Allen was extremely friendly with anumber of outstanding American artists of his time, includingWilliam Merritt Chase, Willard Metcalf, and Winslow Homer. Allenbecame acquainted with Chase while studying in Europe in the 1880s,and subsequently the two became quite close, often paintingidentical subject matter. The cropped flattened forms incorporated in In the Music Room withDaffodils are reminiscent of Japanese art which was the height offashion in turn-of-the-Century America and a recurrent techniquefound in many works by Chase and his circle of AmericanImpressionists.

William Sullivant Vanderbilt Allen (1860-1931) "federal hall 1782" Inscribed in graphite on verso, "Colonel & Private 1st RegimentContinental Rhode Island Infrantry, W.S. Allen 1891," engravedtitle plaque on frame, watercolor on paper, framed. 25 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (sight)

William Sullivant Vanderbilt Allen (1860-1931) "independence hall 1780" Signed, W.S. Allen, 1890," engraved title plaque on frame,watercolor on paper, framed. 25 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (sight)