Lot 12
  • 12

Sanford Robinson Gifford 1823 - 1880

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Sanford Robinson Gifford
  • Indians at Sunset (Sunset in the Wilderness)
  • oil on canvas
  • 8 1/2 by 14 1/2 inches
  • (21.6 by 36.8 cm)
  • Painted circa 1859.

Provenance

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York, by 1939
By descent in the family to the present owner, 1969 (their niece)

Condition

This painting is in good condition. Unlined and on the original stretcher. Under UV: there is a cluster of pindots of inpainting in the water at the lower right, and a few dots of inpainting in the upper sky and in the lower sky at the right. For a more detailed condition report prepared by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc., please contact the American Art department.
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