05-21-201005-22-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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May 21, 2010 12:00 PMCalender
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Joseph H. Greenwood (American, 1857-1927) Spring in the Hills

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$2,252$1,900
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2507Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2010 12:00PM

Description:

Joseph H. Greenwood (American, 1857-1927)

Spring in the Hills
Signed and dated "J H Greenwood '24" l.r., autumn landscape sketch on the reverse,
a label from The Casson Galleries, Boston, affixed to the reverse.
Oil on panel, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (21.6 x 29.2 cm),framed (under glass).
Condition: Retouch, surface grime, not examined out of frame.


Provenance: Descended within a Massachusetts family.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Eight nails through autumn landscape sketch on the reverse (prohibiting examination out of the frame),pencil inscription "V-79/ 8 5/8 x 11 1/2/ V-79" on the reverse, in a period Arts and Crafts frame, varnish inconsistencies, several dots of retouch to u.l. quadrant less than 1/8 in. diameter, very fine craquelure to u.r. quadrant in paint layer.

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