Lot 213
  • 213

Guy Wiggins 1883-1962

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Guy Carleton Wiggins
  • Frost on the Hills
  • signed Guy Wiggins and dated 1921, l.l.; indistinctly signed Guy Wiggins, titled Frost on the Hills and dated 1921 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 24 in.
  • 50.8 by 61 cm.

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in good condition, generally; work is painted with thick impasto--craquelure throughout UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: repaints throughout the sky; a few lines of inpainting at lower right, near lower edge
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Catalogue Note

The artist's son, Guy A. Wiggins believes that the scene depicted here was painted on the family property in Connecticut which Wiggins purchased in 1921.  The farthest of the bluish hills in the distance is probably Mount Archer.