Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2470Location: BostonDate / Time: September 11, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
The Merrimac Sinking the Cumberland, March 8th, 1862
Unsigned, with a label from Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure, surface grime, retouch.
Provenance: Estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Braman) Grasso, Essex, Connecticut.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
The retouch is thin glazes to much of the sky. The craquelure is prevalent, and is just beginning to cup gently.