Lot 81
  • 81

Willard LeRoy Metcalf

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Willard LeRoy Metcalf
  • November Morning
  • signed W. L. Metcalf (lower left); signed W. L. Metcalf, dated 1924, titled November Morning, and inscribed Springfield Vt. (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 26 1/4 by 28 3/4 inches
  • (66.7 by 73 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Addison M. Metcalf (the artist's son), 1925
Fordham University School of Law, New York (acquired as a gift from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Paintings by Willard L. Metcalf, 1925, no. 13
New York, Milch Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Willard L. Metcalf, 1925, no. 6 (as Vermont Hills, November)

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In overall good condition; scattered stable areas of craquelure, particularly in the sky. UNDER UV: A few dots on inpainting near upper edge of canvas.
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