Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Mould Finds a Romney in Dallas

September 9, 2010 by Marion Maneker

The Dallas Art News reports on the discovery of a George Romney painting that has been in the Dallas Museum of Art’s collection for a quarter of a century. The tip came from Old Master dealer and Sleuth memoirist, George Romney:

The Dallas Museum of Art announced today the reattribution of the painting, Young Man with a Flute, to the artist George Romney. The work of art has been in the Museum’s collections for nearly 25 years and entered it in 1987 as part of a bequest of Mrs. Sheridan Thompson. At the time of the painting’s acquisition, the artist was unknown but the painting was thought to be by the American colonial era portrait painter Ralph Earl.

Then in 2000 on a visit to the Museum, British art dealer Phillip Mould suggested that the painting might be the oeuvre of English painter George Romney (1734–1802) but was not able to provide further evidence to the DMA.

Dallas Museum of Art Discovers George Romney Painting in the Collections (Dallas Art News)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • When Copying Is JustWhen Copying Is Just
  • At Christie’s, Sellers Make Solid Gains, Buyers Still StarvedAt Christie’s, Sellers Make Solid Gains, Buyers Still Starved
  • Alongside Rare Botticelli, Sotheby’s to Offer $20 M. Rembrandt Biblical Scene in JanuaryAlongside Rare Botticelli, Sotheby’s to Offer $20 M. Rembrandt Biblical Scene in January
  • Valentine vs. Broad in LAValentine vs. Broad in LA
  • Swann African-American Art = $4.5mSwann African-American Art = $4.5m
  • A Quick Trip to ARCOA Quick Trip to ARCO

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: George Romney

About Marion Maneker

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

Top Posts

  • Keith Haring’s 1989 Retrospect Comes to Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
  • Tony Podesta's Secret Art Buying
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • $10 M. Picasso Portrait Unseen for Decades to Sell at Bonhams
  • The Billion-Dollar NYC Apartment of Ben Heller
  • How to Chant Like an Auctioneer
  • David Bowie Talks About Art (with Julian Schnabel)
  • Mapping a Career in the Art World
  • Breaking Views: Art Doesn't Hedge Inflation
  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor