Lot 35
  • 35

William Holbrook Beard 1823-1900

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • William Holbrook Beard
  • Divorce
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 24 in.
  • (45.7 by 61 cm)

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980

Exhibited

New York, Alexander Gallery, William Holbrook Beard: Animals in Fantasy, April-May 1981, no. 27

Literature

Robert McCracken Peck, "William Holbrook Beard, 1824-1900-American Artist," The Magazine Antiques, November 1994

Condition

Good condition; lined; under UV: 4 by 2 inch area of inpainting in lower right corner and a small area of inpainting in back of chair, scattered pindots of inpainting, and some inpainting along upper edge to address frame abrasion.
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