Dogwood
Signed lower right: H. Dudley Murphy
Description
Dogwood exemplifies Murphy’s Boston School credentials and immediately engages the viewer with the bold citrine yellow of the background drapery, which echoes among the curves of the delicate white petals of the flowers. Punctuated by the occasional green leaf and violet shadow among the blossoms and gently bowing stems, the composition has a pleasing depth that is unexpected from a straight-on still life arrangement and the overall effect is enhanced by the handsome Murphy-style Arts & Crafts frame, carved by Feliciano Nemiccolo.
Provenance
With New England Gallery Inc., Andover, Massachusetts
With Vose Galleries (from above), Boston, Massachusetts, inventory no. 30185, March 1991
To private collection, Hunting Valley, Ohio, August 1993
Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Art, Gray’s Auctioneers LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, lot no. 34, 2019
Private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott and Marcia Vose, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 2019 to present
Inscriptions
Labels
1). Previous Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts label, inventory no. 30185
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very good. Unlined. Some inpaint visible under UV light.
Frame Details
Hand-carved gold leaf frame by frame-maker Feliciano Nemiccolo (1899-1968)
Description
Dogwood exemplifies Murphy’s Boston School credentials and immediately engages the viewer with the bold citrine yellow of the background drapery, which echoes among the curves of the delicate white petals of the flowers. Punctuated by the occasional green leaf and violet shadow among the blossoms and gently bowing stems, the composition has a pleasing depth that is unexpected from a straight-on still life arrangement and the overall effect is enhanced by the handsome Murphy-style Arts & Crafts frame, carved by Feliciano Nemiccolo.
Provenance
With New England Gallery Inc., Andover, Massachusetts
With Vose Galleries (from above), Boston, Massachusetts, inventory no. 30185, March 1991
To private collection, Hunting Valley, Ohio, August 1993
Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Art, Gray’s Auctioneers LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, lot no. 34, 2019
Private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott and Marcia Vose, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 2019 to present
Inscriptions
Labels
1). Previous Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts label, inventory no. 30185
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very good. Unlined. Some inpaint visible under UV light.
Frame Details
Hand-carved gold leaf frame by frame-maker Feliciano Nemiccolo (1899-1968)
