Description:
Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951)
Ruffed Grouse
Signed and dated "F.W. Benson /24" l.l., identified on a label from Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., and on encapsulated labels from the Guild of Boston Artists and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, both affixed to the new frame backing.
Watercolor on paper, sight size 23 1/4 x 17 5/8 in. (59.0 x 44.7 cm),framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Provenance: A private Massachusetts collection.
Exhibitions: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings by Frank W. Benson and the Late Edmund C. Tarbell, November 16-December 15, 1938, no. 70, lent by Dr. Charles G. Mixter, Brookline, Massachusetts.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
Framed dimensions are 32 3/4 x 27 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.
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