Lot 101
  • 101

William McGregor Paxton

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

Description

  • William McGregor Paxton
  • Little Russian
  • signed PAXTON (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 1/8 by 15 1/8 inches
  • (46 by 38.4 cm)
  • Painted in 1933.

Provenance

Elizabeth Okie Paxton (the artist's wife)
Private Collection (by descent from the estate of the above)
Sale: Christie's, New York, June 3, 1982, lot 235
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is wax lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from scattered areas of faint pigment separation and craquelure. UNDER UV: A few scattered dots of inpainting and the work appears to have been selectively cleaned.
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