Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2581BLocation: BostonDate / Time: February 03, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
Bruce Crane (American, 1857-1937)
Spring Landscape with Cottage and Flowering Trees
Signed "BRUCE CRANE" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 50.7 cm),framed.
Condition: Broad wash of retouch throughout the sky, craquelure, surface grime.
Provenance: Through the collection of Collier Whittemore Baird (1888-1977),New Jersey and New York; present owner by family descent.
Estimate $6,000-8,000
Small loss to the u.l. quadrant measuring approx. 1/8 x 1/8 in.; thin wash of retouch to most of the sky area of u.l. and u.r. quadrant; no additional condition issues to report.