08-09-201408-09-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 9, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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William Rickarby Miller (New York, 1818-1893) Dutchkill Creek, Long Island.

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$3,690$3,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2744MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 10, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

William Rickarby Miller (New York, 1818-1893)

Dutchkill Creek, Long Island. Signed, dated, and inscribed "W.R. Miller Sept. 1857. 1 Ashland Place, NY." l.r., and titled and inscribed "Dutchkill Creek, Long Island/-----from Greenpoint Ferry" l.l. Watercolor and whiting on paper, showing an expansive river landscape with wildflowers, a sailboat in the distance, and a dramatic clouded sky, 12 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., matted, in a giltwood frame.

Provenance: The estate of Arthur F. Goat, South Pomfret, Vermont.
Estimate $400-600

two small repairs, one each in lower corners.


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Keywords

Dutchkill Creek, William Rickarby Miller, Ashland, South Pomfret, Arthur F. Goat, Vermont