Lot 260
  • 260

Attributed to Joshua Shaw circa 1777-1860

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joshua Shaw
  • Halt at the tavern
  • signed with initials J.S. lower right on bucket
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 3/4 by 44 in.
  • 83.2 by 111.8 cm.

Provenance

Graham Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the parents of the present owner, circa 1920s

Condition

Lined canvas. There is some pigment separation and widely-spaced craquelure in the sky; the paint surface is thinner on the wagon. Under UV light: inpainting in the sky at upper left and a larger area if inpainting above the wagon ; scattered minor inpainting on the rest of the sky.
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