Lot 4226
  • 4226

Henry Church (1836 - 1908)

Estimate
25,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Church
  • Bountiful Table
  • Inscribed H. Church Blacksmith
  • oil on paper set down on aluminum
  • 23 by 35 1/2 in.
inscribed H. Church Blacksmith.

Provenance

Washburn Gallery, New York;
Libit Johnson, New York;
Steve Miller American Folk Art, New York.

Condition

Several repaired tears, scattered inpainting. Replaced frame.
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Catalogue Note

An eccentric blacksmith in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Henry Church was also a self-taught stone carver and painter.