Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2249Location: BostonDate / Time: September 10, 2004 6:00PM
Description:
William Samuel Horton (American, 1865-1936)
Ritz Tower, Rain
Signed "W.S. Horton" l.l., artist's estate stamp and labels on the reverse.
Pastel on paper/board, 19 x 25 in. (48.2 x 63.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
N.B. Horton created several works in the late 1920s depicting the Ritz Tower under different light and weather conditions. Two similar works were featured in the M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1974 exhibition William S. Horton, American Impressionist, as numbers 37 and 38. The lot is accompanied by a copy of the exhibition catalog.
Estimate $5,000-6,000