Auction: Discovery - 2924TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: September 08, 2016 10:00AM
Description:
Ecuadorian School, 20th Century
Six Unstretched Oils on Canvas:Three Andean Views, signed "R. Salas O" l.r., Seated Peasant with Cup and Staff, signed and dated "Cesar Moncayo V./ 1920" l.l., Two Small Landscapes: Hut and River with Distant Mountains, unsigned. Sizes to 27 x 40 in. Condition: Paint losses, abrasions, creasing, craquelure, surface grime.
Provenance: Purchased in South America, most likely in the 1930s, by an American who traveled widely across the continent, with a focus on Ecuador.
Estimate $20-200
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