Lot 46
  • 46

Edgar Alwin Payne 1882 - 1947

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Edgar Alwin Payne
  • Indians Riding through the Canyon de Chelly (A Turn in the Canyon de Chelly)
  • signed Edgar Payne (lower left); also inscribed Canyon de Chelly on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 34 inches
  • (76.2 by 86.4 cm)

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired from the artist)
Daniel Steele, Petersborough, New Hampshire (by descent)
Richardson-Clarke Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Hugh and Gay Eaton Collection, Aspen CO, acquired from the above in 1994

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined. There are vertical cracks visible in the lower right and lower left corners that likely correspond to the stretcher bar, and an area of cracking in the lower right corner. Under UV: there is a line of vertical line of inpainting in the lower left corner, and some minor scattered dots and dashes of inpainting along the lower and right extreme edges likely to address frame abrasion.
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