05-10-200205-11-2002
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2141Boston
May 10, 2002 07:00 PMCalender
253

Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (American, 1871-1927) Morning Quiet/Figures on a Beach

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$44,063$37,500
Auction: Sale #2141 - 2141Location: BostonDate / Time: May 10, 2002 7:00PM

Description:

Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (American, 1871-1927)

Morning Quiet/Figures on a Beach
Monogrammed "ERW" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 30 1/4 in. (60.3 x 76.8 cm),in a signed "Paul Carter Goodnow" frame.
Condition: Craquelure.

N.B. Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts moved to Concord, Massachusetts, at the turn of the century, with her lifelong companion Grace Keyes. Starting in 1903, the two would travel to Annisquam, Massachusetts, where Roberts started painting her famous beach scenes. Some of the first of these beach scenes were included in the 1921 Philadelphia Ten Exhibition. One Philadelphia Inquirer reviewer wrote of the beach scenes, "Charming in their hazy simplicity, with a hint of Whistler, are the sand figures of Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts." So well received were these pieces, that Doll & Richards Gallery, Boston, hosted a one woman show Figures on the Sand. A similar composition was included in the exhibition A Studio of Her Own, held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2001. The above piece is believed to be a view of Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester.
Estimate $30,000-50,000

Keywords

Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, Massachusetts, B. Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, Grace Keyes, Paul Carter Goodnow, Annisquam, One Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Inquirer, Richards Gallery, A Studio of Her Own, Gloucester, Wingaersheek Beach