Lot 244
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Frank Henry Shapleigh 1842-1906

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Frank Henry Shapleigh
  • Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley
  • signed F H Shapleigh and dated 1872, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 42.5 by 26.7 cm.

Provenance

(Sale: Weschler's, Washington, D.C., April 12, 2003, lot 569, illustrated)

Condition

canvas wax lined, slight frame abrasion, under UV light touches of inpainting in sky, particularly to center of sky
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