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HOWARD PYLE (1853-1911) "The Drawing of the Sword."
Illustration for the story "The Sword of Ahab" by James Edmund Dunning, published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, August 1904, page 327. Oil on canvas. 648x406 mm; 25 1/2x16 inches, framed to 30x21 1/2 inches. Signed "H. Pyle" in lower right corner and titled in his hand on label, verso.
Provenance: Freeman's & Co., October 27-30, 1975, Lot 308; private collection, Philadelphia, acquired at the above.
Exhibited: St. Botolph Club in Boston, Exhibition of Work of Howard Pyle (February 24-March 10, 1906). Number 29; Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (December 18, 1906 - January 6, 1907). Number 20; Brandywine River Museum, Howard Pyle, A Teacher, May-September, 1980.
Literature: Paul Preston Davis, Howard Pyle. His Life-His Work, New Castle: Oak Knoll Press; Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 2004, pages 51, 457, 760.
