Joseph Stella, “Ellis Island, Young Woman Reading,” 1916, graphite on paper, 9 x 7 inches, signed lower right.

Provenance:

Rabin and Krueger Gallery, Newark, New Jersey

Robert H. Jaffe, Mountainside, New Jersey

To his estate, 2010

Literature:

Frederick Howe, “Turned Back in Time of War, Ellis Island Under War Conditions,” The Survey, 36, (May 6, 1916). Illustrated by Stella on page 155,

Irma B. Jaffe, Joseph Stella, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970, illus. fig. 39.

Exhibition:

Barbara Haskell, Joseph Stella, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,  April 22- October 9, 1994.

Discussion:

This drawing was part of Stella’s assignment for The Survey (Magazine) to illustrate an article for the May 1916 issue depicting the immigrants detained at Ellis Island because of World War I. According to Haskell, “Stella’s drawings, more detailed and meticulously rendered than anything he had done previously, captured the dignity and patience of these immigrants as they awaited their destiny in the New World” (p.82).

Waylande Gregory, Night, Ca. 1935, Porcelain, 8 inches High with Mirror Black glaze.

Provenance:  Estate of the Artist.

John Pierce Barnes,  Summer in Bucks County, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 24 inches, with a 3 inch period frame.

Provenance:  Estate of the Artist

Walter E. Schofield, Seascape I,Oil on Canvas,17 x 22 inches

Provenance:  From Family of Artist.

Walter E. Schofield, Stream in Woods, Oil on Wooden Panel,12 x 14 inches.

Provenance:  From Family of Artist

Walter E. Schofield, Stream in Woods II, Oil on Wooden Panel, 12 x 14 inches.

Provenance: From Family of Artist