Discovery | Studio Paintings
04-14-201004-15-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
2500Marlborough
April 14, 2010 02:00 PM
Sell one like this
$415$350
Auction: Discovery - 2500Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 14, 2010 2:00PM
Description:
After Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819-1904)
Magnolia
Unsigned.
Oil on canvasboard, 9 7/8 x 16 in., framed.
Inscribed on a label from Marshall House Hotel, York Harbor, Maine, "For: 'Scotts Landing-' property/of Marshall House - 1923" in ink and "June 10, 1953" in pencil on the back of the frame.
N.B. This painting is based on The Magnolia Blossom by Martin Johnson Heade, 1888, oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 24 1/8 in., now in the Putnam Foundation Collection at the Timken Museum of Art in San Diego, California.
Estimate $600-800
Old repair (?) through center of blossom (does not fluoresce under black light),craquelure.