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John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society

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The Old Bridge, ca. 1885 (OP.741). Verso: OP.741, The Old Bridge.
Verso: OP.741, The Old Bridge.
Keywords
OP.741
The Old Bridge
Alternate title: Old Bridge at Dortich
ca. 1885
Oil on canvas
12 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (31.8 x 40 cm)
Signed lower left: J. H. Twachtman
Private collection
Provenance
Possibly (Metropolitan Art Gallery, 1923);
(American Art Association, New York, February 20, 1930, lot 28, as The Old Bridge at Dortich);
to A. A. Tilney;
(Parke-Bernet, New York, June 5, 1946, lot 171, as The Old Bridge at Dortich);
to Leon Medina;
(Parke-Bernet, New York, January 28–29, 1970, lot 251, as The Old Bridge);
to Jean L. Siudmak;
to estate of Jean L. Siudmak;
(Sotheby's, New York, September 29, 2010, lot 123);
to present collection, 2010.
Literature
American Art Association 1930
Auction catalogue, February 20, 1930. New York: American Art Association, 1930, lot 28, as Old Bridge at Dortich.
Parke-Bernet 1946–III
Auction catalogue, June 5, 1946. New York: Parke-Bernet, 1946, lot 171, as Old Bridge at Dortich.
Hale 1957
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 435 (catalogue G, nos. 85 and 86), as The Old Bridge. (Hale concordance).
Parke-Bernet 1970
Eighteenth to Twentieth Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, Sculpture. Auction catalogue, January 28–29, 1970. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1970, lot 251, as The Old Bridge.
Sotheby's New York 2010
American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. Auction catalogue, September 29, 2010. New York: Sotheby's, 2010, lot 123 ill. in color, as The Old Bridge.
Commentary

Sold at the American Art Association in 1930 with the title of The Old Bridge at Dortich, this painting is presumably a Dutch scene, depicting a sunlit river crossed by a stone bridge, with a sandy shore in the foreground.