Mixed Flowers with a Box and Pearls

Harmon Nathan, New York City [1]. Private collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1970s [2]. (Sotheby’s Sale, New York City, October 17, 1980, no. 133) [3]. Kennedy Galleries, New York City; purchased by Jerome M. Westheimer, Sr. [1910-2004], Ardmore, Oklahoma, October 1980 [4]; inherited by Beverly W. Wellnitz and Jerome M. Westheimer, Jr.; given to Oklahoma City Museum of Art, February 28, 2005.

[1] Scott, Selections from the Westheimer Collection (1988), pg. 68
[2] Stebbins, Martin Johnson Heade (2000), no. 395; as Scott does not note the private collection in Virginia and Stebbins does not note Harmon Nathan, the order of ownership prior to the Sotheby’s sale is uncertain
[3] Parke-Bernet, Catalog (1980), no. 133 and Stebbins, Martin Johnson Heade (2000), no. 395
[4] Information for Appraisals, Thompson & Cawley (attorneys, Ardmore, Oklahoma), September 21, 2004