April 2021 Fine Art and Estate Auction
Lot 56:
Description
Item/Description: Moody, beautifully painted oil on canvas oceanscape of Boothbay Harbor off the coast of Maine. Seguin Island and lighthouse in the distance. Masterful details of roiling, white caps under a pastel-hued sky. Ornate, decorative period gold gilt wood frame. Signed on lower right corner: artist monogram, illegible, and date, ’82. En verso a handwritten note in cursive script reads in part: " The Cuckolds off Boothbay, Me. / Seguin Island in Distance / Smoky Sou. Westen." The Seguin Island Light Station was commissioned by George Washington in 1795. Still fully functional, it is Maine’s tallest and second oldest light station.
Material: Oil on Canvas, Gold Gilt frame.
Dimensions: Image size: Height: 5 1/2"; Width: 11". Framed: Height: 11 1/2"; Width: 17".
Condition: Good. Surface wear and areas of paint loss to canvas. Cracks and areas of loss to wood frame. Newer hanging hardware intact.
Age: 1882.
Provenance: Private Estate.
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