Lot 934
  • 934

American School, 19th Century

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • American School, 19th Century
  • A view of the Oxbow from Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts
  • oil on canvas
  • Height 25 1/4 in. by Width 29 1/2 in.
A similar scene was painted by Victor de Grailly, circa 1845, as well as Thomas Cole, circa 1840.

Provenance

Private collector, Vermont;
Robert Ellowich, Portland, Maine.

Exhibited

Springfield, Massachusetts, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1980.

Condition

Appears to retain its original stretchers, unlined, with some in-paint in the sky and touch-ups to the lower portions.
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