Lot 63
  • 63

John Frederick Kensett

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • John Frederick Kensett
  • Hudson River
  • oil on canvas
  • 14 by 24 in.
  • (35.5 by 60.9 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Thomas Stanley Beckwith, Petersburg, Virginia
Margaret S. Beckwith, Petersburg, Virginia
Mildred E. Beckwith, Petersburg, Virginia
Sale: Christie's, New York, March 14, 1986, lot 87, illustrated in color
(probably) Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, The Collection of Paintings of the Late Mr. John F. Kensett, March 1873, no. 106

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in very good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered pin dots of retouching in the sky and mountains (fairly minor).
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