Lot 82
  • 82

Jasper Francis Cropsey

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Jasper Francis Cropsey
  • Landscape Study
  • signed with initials J.F.C. and dated 1856 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas laid down on board
  • 7 by 11 inches
  • (17.8 by 28 cm)

Provenance

Mrs. John C. Newington
Richard Weimer, Darien, Connecticut (Mrs. Newington exchanged this painting with Richard Weimer for an undetermined work)
Alexander Gallery, New York
Private Collection, circa 1987 (as View of the Hudson)

Literature

Newington-Cropsey Foundation and Kenneth Maddox, Anthony Speiser, ed., Jasper Francis Cropsey: Catalogue Raisonne Volume 1, 1842-1863, New York, 2013, no. 413 (NCF 555), p. 234

Condition

Oil on canvas, laid down on board. Surface: In generally good condition aside from frame abrasion (under the rabbit) and a 1/2 inch repaired tear at the center in the shape of an inverted U. UNDER UV: Scattered dots and dashes of inpainting, mostly along edges to address frame abrasion.
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