Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2547BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 20, 2011 12:00PM
Description:
Edward Stieglitz (American, 1833-1909)
Autumn Landscape, Probably Lake George, New York
Signed and dated "Ed. Stieglitz. 1901." l.l., inscribed "Mr. E. Stieglitz" in pencil
on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure, minor surface grime, minor losses and tack holes along frame liner.
Provenance: Gift from Alfred Stieglitz and/or Georgia O'Keeffe to Percy Hall, (assistant and driver at Oaklawn, the Stieglitz family estate),Warrensburg, New York; by family descent to a private New York collection.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
The losses are minute and are at the pinholes and along some of the very edges of the canvas. The craquelure is scattered and stable. The painting would benefit from cleaning.