Lot 72
  • 72

Louis Benton Akin 1868-1913

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Benton Akin
  • Iceberg Lake--Mountains
  • signed Louis Akin and dated Glacier Park  1910, l.l.; signed and titled on an old exhibition label affixed to the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 1/4 by 36 1/4 in.
  • 76.8 by 92.1 cm.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, One Hundred and Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1911

Condition

Canvas is not lined (a small patch on the reverse) SURFACE: in good condition, generally; stretcher marks; could use a light cleaning UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: a small restoration at upper right (at the inner/left edge of the precipice at right), about 1 1/2 in. long (can see with naked eye if one looks closely)--directly in front of the aforementioned patch
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