Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965) Ablution Fountain, Hagia Sophia

Description:

Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965)

Ablution Fountain, Hagia Sophia
Bears signature "JANE PETERSON" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 30 in. (61.3 x 76.0 cm),in a Vandeuren Galleries frame.
Condition: Signature added later, retouch, craquelure.

N.B. In the summer of 1924, Jane Peterson traveled to Constantinople and spent six months in Turkey. Twenty-nine of her paintings from this sojourn were exhibited at the Ehrich Gallery in New York in January 1925.

We would like to thank J. Jonathan Joseph for his kind assistance cataloging this lot.
Estimate $30,000-50,000

Numbered "294" crossed off and "914" on the stretcher.


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