12-18-201012-18-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2531BBoston
December 18, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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Kristján H. Magnússon (Icelandic/American, 1903-1937) Untitled [View with a Dory by a Dock]

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Auction: 20th Century Design - 2531BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 18, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

Kristján H. Magnússon (Icelandic/American, 1903-1937)

Untitled [View with a Dory by a Dock] Signed and dated "K. Magnusson '25" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 1/4 in., unframed.
Condition: Loss to l.r. quadrant, craquelure, minor canvas deformations.
N.B. Iceland-born Magnússon graduated from the Massachusetts School of Art (now MassArt) in 1926, and the following year, held a one-man show at the Copley Society. He also participated in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual Exhibition of 1928. In 1929, Magnússon returned to Iceland where he continued to exhibit in Reykjavik, Isafjordur and London. Magnússon suffered an untimely death at the age of thirty-four, shortly after he returned from a painting trip to Borgardfjord.
Estimate $300-500

Keywords

Iceland, Massachusetts School of Art, Copley Society, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual Exhibition, Isafjordur, London, Reykjavik