Description:
Oliver Newberry Chaffee (American, 1881-1944)
Two Grasshoppers
Signed "Chaffee" l.l., titled in pencil on the reverse, a label from Acme Fine Art, Boston, affixed to the frame.
Oil on canvas mounted to board, 20 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (52.0 x 39.0 cm),framed
Condition: Craquelure.
Exhibitions: Return of the Native, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, Massachusetts, October 8 - November 30, 2002.
Estimate $700-900
There are abrasions at upper right, near the grasshopper's head.
Framed dimensions: 26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
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