Lot 138
  • 138

William Trost Richards 1833-1905

Estimate
50,000 - 75,000 USD
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Description

  • William Trost Richards
  • Point Judith
  • signed Wm. T Richards and dated 1885, l.r.
  • watercolor and gouache on paper
  • sight: 23 by 37 in.
  • (58.4 by 94.0 cm)

Provenance

Eleanor Price (the artist's daughter)
Nancy Price Carey (her granddaughter)
Chauncey Stillman (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 27-29, 1978, lot 688)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan)

Condition

Good condition, unframed: laid down on board, small holes and fold marks along edges from former mounting. Sheet size 26 by 40 in.
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Catalogue Note

This watercolor was the artist's wedding gift to his daughter, Eleanor.