Lot 133
  • 133

Edmund William Greacen

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edmund William Greacen
  • Ethol in the Library, Giverny
  • signed Edmund Greacen and dated '09, l.l.
  • oil on canvas laid down on board
  • 31 by 25 in.
  • 78.7 by 63.5 cm.

Provenance

Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago

Exhibited

New York, Exhibit of Independent Artists, 1910

Condition

SURFACAE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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Catalogue Note

Ethol was the artist's wife.  According to a typewritten card affixed to the backing, the present work was painted while Greacen and his family lived in Giverny, near Claude Monet's home.