Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925) Harvesting

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Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925)

Harvesting
Signed "W.L. Metcalf" l.l., signed, inscribed, dated, and titled "Willard L. Metcalf/Boston 1881/'Harvesting'" on the reverse, identified on a label from Vose Galleries of Boston affixed to the frame backing board.
Oil on canvas (stretched with Boston tabs),16 x 20 in. (40.8 x 66.0 cm),in a period frame.
Condition: Minor retouch.

N.B. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being coordinated by Betty Krulik and the Willard Leroy Metcalf Catalogue Raisonné Project, Inc. A letter from Bety Krulik accompanies the lot.
Estimate $15,000-25,000

Canvas with stencil from F.W. Devoe & Company, New York, on the reverse.
Framed dimensions are 21 3/8 x 31 1/4 in..

The stretcher is inscribed with framer's notations and a name that seems to read "W.L. Downing."


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