Lot 159
  • 159

Henry F. Farny 1847-1916

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henry F. Farny
  • On the Firing Line
  • signed Farny with the artist's cypher and dated 1913, l.r.
  • gouache and watercolor on paper mounted on board
  • 8 1/4 by 10 in.
  • (21 by 25.4 cm)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rogan, Charlottesville, Virginia
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquired from the above, 1995

Exhibited

Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, The Realistic Expressions of Henry Farny: A Retrospective, May-July 1981, p. 18, illustrated in color

Literature

Denny Carter, Henry Farny, New York, 1978, p. 198, illustrated

Condition

Very good condition, unframed: some minor craquelure in the sky.
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