Lot 105
  • 105

William Trost Richards

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Trost Richards
  • Afternoon, Long Beach, N.J.
  • signed W.T. Richards and dated 1884 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 7/8 by 30 1/4 inches
  • (47.9 by 76.8 cm)

Provenance

Frank Work, New York
Greenwich Gallery of American Art, Greenwich, Connecticut
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999

Condition

This work is in presentable condition. The canvas is lined. There is vertical craquelure in the sky and frame abrasion at the edges. Under UV: there are scattered retouches throughout the sky, primarily in the upper right quadrant, and a 1x2 inch area near the center. There are a few small strokes at the tide line.
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