Lot 68
  • 68

James Goodwyn Clonney

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • James Goodwyn Clonney
  • The Storyteller
  • signed Clonney, titled The Storyteller and dated 1842 on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 2 7/8 by 3 7/8 inches
  • (7.3 by 9.8 cm)

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson (sold: Christie's, New York, January 28, 1995, lot 812, illustrated)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1843, no. 6 (as The Story)
Traverse City, Michigan, The Dennos Museum Center; East Lansing, Michigan, Kresge Art Museum; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek, Michigan, Art Center of Battle Creek; Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Midland, Michigan, Arts Midland: Galleries & School of the Midland Center for the Arts; Marquette, Michigan, Northern Michigan University Art Museum; Port Huron, Michigan, Port Huron Museum, Little Gems of American Painting from the Manoogian Collection, June 1996-January 1998

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is slight convex warping of the board. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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