James Brade Sword (American, 1839-1915) Cranberry Picking at Cape Cod

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James Brade Sword (American, 1839-1915)

Cranberry Picking at Cape Cod
Signed "J.B. Sword-" l.r., titled l.l., identified on an unattributed label affixed to the stretcher and on a detached label from Kennedy Galleries, Inc., which accompanies the lot.
Oil on canvas, 25 x 35 in. (63.5 x 89.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, scattered minor retouch, areas of fine craquelure.

Literature: American Art Analog, Volume I, 1688-1842, compiled by Michael David Zellman (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986),color illustration p. 302.

N.B. The three-volume set of American Art Analog referenced above accompanies the lot.
Estimate $30,000-50,000

Label from Arvest Galleries, Inc., Boston, on the back of the frame.
Frame dimensions are 33 x 43 in. The frame is a modern reproduction, made by Michael Shilhan, Hingham, Massachusetts.

Retouch is minimal, consisting of a few dots in the sky (mainly in the center) and along the bottom edge of the canvas, probably to cover frame abrasions.


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