Charles Harold Davis (American, 1856-1933) Clouds from the Sea / Newburyport

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Charles Harold Davis (American, 1856-1933)

Clouds from the Sea/Newburyport
Signed "C.H. Davis" l.r., titled on a photograph of the painting affixed to the backing, identified on two loan labels from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, affixed to the frame.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure, minor surface grime.
Estimate $5,000-7,000

Framed dimensions: 31 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.

Fine craquelure throughout with gentle tenting to lower third of canvas. Small dots of retouch throughout sky. Loan labels affixed to the frame and the stretcher indicate that the painting was in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Sargent.


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