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- Sale 6419
Live
| Philadelphia
Dec 16 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6419
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Provenance:
Acquired by Dr. Tyler Dennett (American 1883-1949)
Thence by descent
Note:
For an album painted by Kunichika, Artisans, Beauties, and Annual Events, dated 1874, with leaves of similar format and scale to the present work, see the example sold at Christie's, New York, March 16, 2012, lot 70 and now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, #2021.402
According to an entry on the Williams College Library site (https://specialcollections.williams.edu/williams-history/presidents/dennett-tyler/)
Dennett embarked on journalism around 1908, and went on to become a distinguished historian and professor, publishing Americans in East Asia in 1922. He was Chief of the Division of Publications and Editor (1924-1929) and Historical Advisor (1929-1932) at the U. S. State Department. He chaired the new School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (1931-1934) and won a Pulitzer prize in 1934 for his biography of John Hay. He served as the 9th president of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, from 1934-1937.
Generally good visual condition, affixed to mat, dings and wear to frame.
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