Description:
Ross E. Moffett (American, 1888-1971)
Winter in Wellfleet
Signed "MOFFETT" l.l., titled and signed in pencil on the stretcher, identified on a label from Acme Fine Art and Design, Boston, affixed to the back of the frame, oil composition painted over but faintly visible on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. (60.5 x 91.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Subtle surface grime.
Literature: Provincetown Banner, March 18, 2010, "From the Advocate Archives/March 22, 1951, Ross Moffett Wins $1,000 Palmer Prize."
Exhibitions: American Painting Today, a national competitive exhibition, 1950, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Francis Henry Taylor, Director, dates unspecified; One-Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, March 23-April 8, 1951, awarded the Edwin Palmer Memorial Prize ($1,000); Ross Moffett 1888-1971 (retrospective exhibition),Worcester Art Museum, May 30-July 6, 1975 and the Provincetown Art Association, August 29-September 29, 1975, as Cat. No. 43.
Estimate $7,000-9,000
With a partial typed label tacked to the stretcher including the abbreviation "N.Y." and the dates 1951 and 1952 on different lines.
The reverse appears to have had a coastal view with a row of houses, a dock, and boats, now overpainted.
There are no other condition issues to report.
Framed dimensions are 32 x 44 in.
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