Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2446Location: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
William Robinson Leigh (American, 1866-1955)
Keams Canon [sic], Arizona/Alternatively titled Study No. 12, Compositions for Land of Navahos[sic]
Signed "W. R. LEIGH" l.r., inscribed "Keams Canon Arizona, June, 1919, W. R.
Leigh" and identified on a label affixed to the reverse, inscribed "PROPERTY OF W. R. LEIGH" on the reverse of the frame.
Oil on canvasboard, 13 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (33.7 x 42.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Minor scattered retouch.
Provenance: A private New England collection.
Estimate $20,000-30,000
Retouch is scattered dots and dashes (including a dash at the top of the "W" in the signature).