Calla Lily

Artist George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896)

Date1874

MediumOil on wood panel

Dimensions20 × 11 3/4 in. (50.8 × 29.8 cm)
Frame: 31 5/8 × 23 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (80.3 × 59.7 × 10.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Ann and Jim Goodnight

Terms

still lifes

Object number2018.9.2

On View

On view

Collections

Provenance**Created United States, 1874; collection of the artist, Germantown, PA; sold to Louis Prang [L. Prang & Co., Boston], ca. 1874; [Prang sale, American Art Association, New York February 16–18, 1892, no. 256] [1]; private collection, Argentina; [William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, RI]; [Michael Altman Fine Art and Advisory, New York]; [Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA, 2017]; [Betty Krulik Fine Art Ltd., New York, 2018]; sold to NCMA, 2018 [2].

[1] “Catalogue of an Unusual Collection of Water-color and Oil Paintings Purchased from Time to Time for Reproduction by L. Prang & Company,”
as Calla Lily, 19 ½ x 11 ½ in.
[2] Purchased with funds provided by Ann and Jim Goodnight.