Lot 65
  • 65

Albert Francis King 1854 - 1945

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Albert Francis King
  • Still Life with Watermelon, Jug, and Knife
  • signed AF King, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 by 27 in.
  • 55.9 by 68.6 cm.

Exhibited

Roanoke, Virginia, The Art Museum of Western Virginia, The American Spirit, 19th Century Masterpieces from the Masco Collection, 1994
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Nature's Bounty: Still Life Painting in Southwestern Pennsylvania at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, 2001

Condition

The canvas is lined. SURFACE: In generally good condition. Frame abrasion at left. UNDER UV: Inpainting visible: small spots in the background along the left edge, a 2 inch diagonal line on the upper left edge, two diagonal lines at lower left, 3 spots in the jug.
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