Lot 951
  • 951

American School, 19th Century

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • American School, 19th Century
  • A View of Forestville, New York
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 in. by 27 in.
This painting comprises 36 buildings, one church and a school.  Forestville, New York, is in Chataugua County, New York, located 25 miles south of Buffalo.

Exhibited

New York, The American Folk Art Museum, Vernacular Architecture, September 14, 1996 – January 12, 1997;
Springfield, Massachusetts, The Holyoke Museum, A Folk Art Pilgrimage, November 3 – December 23, 1988

Condition

In a new grain-painted frame on the original stretchers; scattered in trees and foliage, cleaned, and re-stretched along stretcher lines.
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