Madison Square

Artist Paul Cornoyer American, 1864–1923

Datecirca 1905

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsoverall: 26 × 31 3/4 in. (66 × 80.6 cm)
frame: 24 3/8 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (61.9 × 76.8 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.28.2.21

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Provenance*Created United States, ca. 1905; collection of the artist; [sale, American Fine Arts Society, New York, March 25–April 30, 1905, no. 87] [1] ; William Merritt Chase (1849–1916); [sale, American Art Galleries, New York, May 17, 1917, no. 323] [2]; Robert Fulenwider Phifer (1849–1928), New York, NY; bequeathed to the NC State Art Society, Raleigh, NC 1928; officially transferred by the Society to the NCMA, 1961.

[1] “Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists.”
[2] “The Paintings and Other Artistic Property Left by the Late William Merritt Chase, N.A.”
Published ReferencesCatalogue of the Twenty-Seventh Exhibition (New York: Society of American Artists, 1905), no. 87.

“Exhibitions Now On,” American Art News 3, no. 74 (April 8, 1905), mentioned 7 (as being purchased by William M. Chase).

“Paintings at the Society,” The New York Times (April 11, 1905), noted 11.

“Gleanings from American Art Centers,” Brush & Pencil 15, no. 5 (May 1905), noted 123.

“Sales,” The Collector and Art Critic 3, no. 7 (May 15, 1905), listed 110.

“Cornoyer Picture for $220,” The Sun [New York], (February 17, 1912), 14.

“Salmagundi Auction,” American Art News 10, no. 20 (February 24, 1912), noted 2.

The Paintings and Other Artistic Property Left by the Late William Merritt Chase, N.A. (auction catalogue) (New York: The American Art Galleries, 1917), no. 323.

“William M. Chase Sale,” American Art News 15, no. 32 (May 19, 1917), listed 7.

Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), 24, illus. (b-w) 25.

Alexander W. Katlan, The Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibitions Records 1889 to 1939 (New York: Salmagundi Club, 2008), listed 195.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, American Fine Arts Society, “Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists,” March 24–April 30, 1905, no. 87.

Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy/ Albright Art Gallery, “A Collection of Oil Paintings by Paul Cornoyer,” November 5–22, 1908, no. 20 (as Sunlight, Madison Square).

Raleigh, NC, Temporary Art Museum, Agriculture Building, “The North Carolina State Art Society: An Exhibition of Paintings and Other Works of Art Left as a Bequest to the Society by the Late Robert F. Phifer…,” February 26, 1929.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Robert F. Phifer Collection," March 31–May 13, 1973, 24, illus. (b-w) 25.
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