Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2507Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Edwin Austin Abbey (Anglo/American, 1852-1911)
Young Lady Walking in the Woods, an Illustration for Song: O Roses for the Flush of Youth by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Signed and dated "EAAbbey1877" l.l., poem inscribed l.c.
Wash, graphite, charcoal, and whiting on paper mounted onto board, sight size 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (50.2 x 34.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Losses to support, toning, staining/soiling, surface abrasions/rubs, craquelure with flaking and losses, creases, not examined out of frame.
Estimate $1,000-1,500