03-06-200903-07-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2446Boston
March 6, 2009 12:00 PMCalender
725

John Whorf (American, 1903-1959) Nude in the Forest

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$11,258$9,500
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2446Location: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2009 12:00PM

Description:

John Whorf (American, 1903-1959)

Nude in the Forest
Signed "John Whorf" l.l., inscribed "Property of Samuel E Codman, Left to him by
his Grandmother, Mary Eliot" on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Retouch, varnish inconsistencies, minor scattered craquelure.

Provenance: The property of Samuel E. Codman, Charles G. Loring House, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts.
Estimate $15,000-25,000

The retouch is scattered, and some if it may be merely pigment fluorescence. The craquelure is fine and stable.

Keywords

John Whorf, Samuel E Codman, Mary Eliot, Massachusetts