Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2732TLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 13, 2014 10:00AM
Description:
Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951)
Two Etching Plates: Zinc Plate for Flying Widgeon, 1924 (Paff, 231) and Canceled Copper Plate for Two Mallards, 1933 (Paff, 331). Sizes to 11 x 14 3/16 in. (27.8 x 35.9 cm).
Condition: Wear.
Provenance: Descended within the family of the artist.
N.B. Paff lists both of these plates as "destroyed."
Estimate $800-1,200
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