Lot 66
  • 66

JULIAN ALDEN WEIR | My Own Fireside

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Julian Alden Weir
  • My Own Fireside
  • signed J. Alden Weir and dated 86 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 by 24 inches
  • (40.6 by 61 cm)

Provenance

Mrs. Henry A. Everett, Pasadena, California
Gift to the present owner from  the above, 1932

Literature

(possibly) The Phillips Publication, Julian Alden Weir: An Appreciation of His Life and Works, New York, 1922, p. 126 (as Dogs on the Hearth)

Condition

The canvas is unlined and there is minor frame abrasion at edges. There is craquelure throughout and a pinhole at the top right edge. Under UV: the work is difficult to read due to an opaque varnish. There appear to be a few dots of inpainting.
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