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Lot 59
  • 59

Thomas Hill 1829 - 1908

Estimate
75,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Hill
  • Yosemite Valley
  • signed T. Hill and dated 1889 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 36 inches
  • (137.2 by 91.4 cm)

Provenance

Mr. Fred Maxwell, San Francisco, California
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, by 1973 (gift from the above)
Acquired by the present owners, circa 1983

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Frontier: Images and Myth, June-September 1973, no. 8

Condition

Good condition. Lined. Under UV: inpainting along left and top edge to address frame abrasion. Scattered spots of inpainting in center sky and upper right. 2 small V-shaped spots of inpainting in the lower left quadrant. 1 small spot of inpainting in the lower right corner. Slight craquelure in the top third of painting, mostly in the sky.
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