Lot 1221
  • 1221

Edwin Whitefield

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Edwin Whitefield
  • On the Hudson from Fishkill Landing
  • titled On the Hudson from Fishkill Landing, signed E. Whitefield and dated 1862 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 17 7/8 by 23 7/8 in.

Provenance

Mary Kay Fuller, New York and Iowa;
Dr. Frederick Murray, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (by descent);
Winifred Murray Kelley (his daughter), Des Moines, Iowa;
By descent to the present owner.

Condition

The canvas is unlined and the work was recently cleaned. There is craquelure throughout. Under UV: there are areas of inpainting in the sky and a few lines in the water. There is a dime sized spot of inpainting in the center foreground above the field and a spot in the mountain at center which corresponds to a small puncture that has been repaired.
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