05-17-201305-18-2013
Skinner Auctions
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May 17, 2013 12:00 PMCalender
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Alfred Russel Fuller (American, 1899-1980) The Hurricane / Monhegan Island, Maine

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$615$500
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2655BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 17, 2013 12:00PM

Description:

Alfred Russel Fuller (American, 1899-1980)

The Hurricane/Monhegan Island, Maine, 1947
Signed "Alfred Fuller" l.r., inscribed and signed "Title - The Hurricane/...$250.00
Alfred Fuller/Monhegan Island/Maine" in pencil in the artist's hand on the reverse, exhibition label (see below) affixed to the reverse.
Oil on Masonite, 16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 60.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Surface grime.

Exhibitions: Thirty-fourth Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, Inc., New York, 1947.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Inscribed on the back of the frame liner "For Children's Crusade for/American Overseas Aid and United National Appeal for Children..." and with a partial unsourced and undated newspaper clipping of the obituary for Mrs. George S. Fuller affixed to the side of the liner.

Accretion or varnish inconsistency to sky at upper right. Scattered small accretions and surface grime overall.


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Keywords

Maine, Alfred Russel Fuller, Alfred Fuller, Alfred Fuller/Monhegan Island, Allied Artists of America Inc., George S. Fuller