Description:
Dwight Blaney (American, 1865-1944)
Ironbound Island, Maine, 1910
Signed and dated "Dwight Blaney. 10" l.l., identified on labels including one from
Clark Point Gallery, Southwest Harbor, Maine, affixed to the frame reverse.
Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 27 1/8 in. (87.0 x 68.9 cm),stretched with Boston tabs, framed.
Condition: Minor retouch, craquelure.
Estimate $7,000-9,000
Retouch as follows: scattered areas along left edge to repair frame abrasion; a spot measuring 1-1/2 x 3/4 in in the mountain top, with six scattered smaller dots within the mountain; a spot measuring 3/4 inch diameter to the sky u.c. with scattered areas along the top edge to repair frame abrasion; a small spot l.l. corner near the D of the signature; scattered very minor spots in the landscape. Stable craquelure running primarily vertically.
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