Lot 64
  • 64

William Hahn 1829-1887

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Hahn
  • Gathering Sedge, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
  • signed Wm. Hahn and dated New York 1879, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 1/2 by 40 in.

Provenance

R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago

Exhibited

The Oakland Museum, William Hahn, Genre Painter, 1829-1887, 1976

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: a 4-inch repaired tear (roughly in the shape of a 'T' at upper right in sky); a 2 1/2 in. horizontal line of repaint at center (in sky between the figure at right and the two boys, center)--likely a repaired tear; strengthening to rear of barge (at lower left); otherwise, scattered spots of inpainting--in sky, along upper edge and along lower edge
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