Lot 178
  • 178

Richard Kirkham

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Richard Kirkham
  • Along the River
  • signed Kirkham and dated 87 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 by 41 3/4 inches
  • (71.1 by 106 cm)

Provenance

Sale: DuMouchelles, Detroit, September 19, 2003, lot 2122
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is wax lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from very faint pressed craquelure, canvas is pushed forward by lining, pigment is slightly pressed, and frame abrasion at upper edge. In a 19th century American framed, not original to painting. UNDER UV: Scattered spots, dots and dashes of inpainting in sky and water in foreground, largest up to the size of a quarter.
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