Lot 71
  • 71

Sarah Wyman Whitman 1842-1904

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sarah Wyman Whitman
  • Portrait of a Young Boy with French horn
  • signed SWWhitman and dated 1882, l.l
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 by 28 in.
  • 119.5 by 71 cm.

Provenance

Doll and Richards Fine Art Dealers, Boston
William Knowland, San Francisco
Acquired form the above estate sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 6, 1885

Condition

Canvas not lined. Surface in good condition, except for some thinness on the hands; yellowed varnish. Under UV light: no evidence of inpainting.
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