Lot 159
  • 159

Xanthus Russell Smith

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Xanthus Russell Smith
  • Hove To for the Pilot
  • signed Xanthus Smith and dated 1881. (lower left); signed Xanthus Smith and titled Hove To for the Pilot (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 1/4 by 30 1/4 inches
  • (51.5 by 76.9 cm)

Provenance

Vose Galleries, Boston
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is partially lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside form faint pressing from being lined, a faint network of craquelure, and a 1 inch area of turned inpainting above the masts on the ship to the right. UNDER UV: a handful of scattered dots of inpaint in the sky.
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