Lot 4209
  • 4209

William Matthew Prior (1806 - 1873)

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • William Matthew Prior
  • Blond-Haired Boy Seated in a Child’s Rocker Holding a Whip, Girl in Red Dress with Eyelet Pantaloons and Red Shoes with a Black Dachshund:  A Double Portrait
  • oil on canvas
  • 36 by 28 in.

Provenance

New England Estate;
Sotheby's New York, Important Americana: Including Furniture, Folk Art, Quilts, Paintings, Prints, Chinese Export and American Porcelain and Silver, January 27, 1990, sale 5698, lot 1313;
Jeff Waingrow, South Salem, New York.

Condition

Lined, replaced stretcher. There is significant minor inpainting throughout the painting. The girl's dress has significant speckled inpainting. There is an 1 inch area of inpainting in the proper right jaw of the girl. The proper left ear of the dog also has approximately 3/4 inches of inpainting.
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