Lot description
William Sergeant Kendall, American 1869-1938- A Statuette; oil on canvas, signed and dated '© Sergeant Kendall 29 November 1915' (lower right), inscribed 'JD' (lower left), 137.2 x 107.1 cm. Provenance: The artist. Mrs William Sergeant Kendall (his wife). Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum from the above, 1945 [no.45.165]. Property from the Brooklyn Museum, sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 October 2021, lot 30 ($10,080). Private Collection, UK. Note: Kendall studied at the Brooklyn Art Guild and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (1844-1916). He later travelled to Europe, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1891. He returned to New York, where he established a studio, in 1892, and between 1913-1922 he served as head of the Yale School of Fine Arts. Kendall was best known for his domestic scenes, with the artist's wife, fellow artist Margaret Stickney Kendall, and their three children often serving as models for these compositions. Similar works by the artist include his paintings which sold at William Doyle, New York, on 6 February 2013, lot 64 ($10,000 hammer), and at Freeman Fine Arts, Philadelphia, on 6 December 2022, lot 13 ($5,670).