Lot 111
  • 111

ABBOTT FULLER GRAVES | In My Wife's Garden

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Abbott Fuller Graves
  • In My Wife's Garden
  • signed Abbott Graves A.N.A. (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 40 by 50 inches
  • (101.6 by 127 cm)
  • Painted circa 1930.

Provenance

(probably) Mr. Warren Cochrane, Kennebunk, Maine
Mrs. Homer Strong, Rochester, New York
Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York (bequest from the above; sold: Christie's, New York, March 4, 2010, lot 48)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Literature

A.G. Home, "An Artist's Restoration Magic with Old Dwellings," Ladies Home Journal, September 1925, illustrated 

Condition

The canvas is unlined and there is frame abrasion at extreme edges. There is surface cracking in the areas of thicker impasto. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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