Lot 40
  • 40

Charles Ethan Porter

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Ethan Porter
  • Peonies and Roses in a Green Vase
  • signed C.E. Porter, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 24 in.
  • 50.8 by 61 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Tupper Lake, New York
Private Collection, Troy, New York (inherited from the above, circa 1960)

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in fairly good condition--looks to be in original condition: dirty, craquelure throughout-- paint separation around the upper half of the large white flower at left and to the left of the large white flower at upper right; a small puncture at center right (at edge of drooping flower); a few small specks of loss UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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