Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2608MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
James Wells Champney (American, 1843-1903)
View from Mount Sugarloaf, South Deerfield, Massachusetts. Unsigned. Oil on canvas applied to Masonite, 18 x 26 in., in a period molded wood frame with gilt liner. Condition: Good, surface grime.
Provenance: Purchased along with residual Champney works from the Champney family, Greenfield, Massachusetts, c. 1960.
Literature: Illustrated in American Heritage, April 1966, p. 29.
Exhibitions: James Wells Champney 1843-1903, Hillson Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1965; The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, not dated, with exhibition label on reverse.
Estimate $8,000-12,000