Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2635BLocation: BostonDate / Time: February 01, 2013 12:00PM
Description:
Frank Crawford (Francis) Penfold (American, 1849-1921)
Mother and Child Seated on a Bundle of Sticks in a Winter Wood
Signed and dated "F.C. Penfold 1883" l.r., with a label from Hoddick & Co.'s Fine
Art Store, Buffalo, New York, on the back of the frame.
Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm),framed in an Aesthetic Movement liner.
Condition: Craquelure, minor surface grime.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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