Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2618BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 28, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
James Edward Buttersworth (British/American, 1817-1894)
Yachting Scene Off Sandy Hook. Signed l.r. Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition:
Relined, scattered retouch to sky, sails, and water.
Note: Retains a label from the Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, on the backing paper.
Estimate $40,000-60,000
Probable repaired tear at u.c. with associated retouch, retouch to few other spots in sky, and sternmost sail, and several small scattered spots in water.