August Americana
Description:
Erastus Salisbury Field (Massachusetts/New York, 1805-1900)
Pair of Portraits, a Husband and Wife
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 28 1/2 in., in reproduction grain-painted and stenciled frames.
Condition: Minor scattered inpainting primarily to edges.
Provenance: Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York; Washburn Gallery, New York; The Collection of Enid and Alexander Fisher, Roxbury, Connecticut.
Note: This pair of portraits hung in the home of Margurite and Arthur Reardon in Glastonbury, Connecticut, at one time.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
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