Lot 89
  • 89

Attributed to Samuel F. B. Morse

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Samuel F. B. Morse
  • Girl in Red Gown
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 25 inches
  • (76.2 by 63.5 cm)
  • Painted circa 1830.

Provenance

David David, Inc., Philadelphia
Acquired from the above, 1961

Exhibited

New York, Hirschl & Adler, 300 Years of American Painting, 1961

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from faint craquelure throughout. UNDER UV: a few scattered dots and dashes inpainting predominately in the chair in foreground, on her true right arm, a few dots in her hair and a few scattered pin dots on her forehead, cheek, nose, chin, and chest.
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