Saint Nicholas, Type 2a (1838)


Name:              Saint Nicholas, Type 2a
Artist:            Robert W Weir
a/k/a:             The Night Before Christmas
Year:              1838 
Format:            Oil on panel
Size:              30x24.5
Signed?            Robt. W. Weir, West Point/1838, lower left
Location:          Butler Institute of American Art 
Website ID:        ST2A1
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Provenance:        Private New York collection through 1959. Parke-Pernet Galleries, sale No. 1926, Nov 5-7, 1959, No. 519 as “The Night Before Christmas”. With Berry-Hill Galleries until given by Sidney Hill to the Butler Institute in 1962. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
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Exhibited?         BA 1838(?)
NAD?               
Tuckerman?         
Irene Weir Book?   
William Gerts?     
Ahrens Plate/Page? 5-10 
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Notes:             Only version signed and dated Saint Nicholas. Stockings initialed WW, AW, WW. Cuffs are green.
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Score:             3/10
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