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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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January 9, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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John Ruskin (British, 1819-1900) View of a Northern Alps Landscape

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$296$250
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2490Location: BostonDate / Time: January 09, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

John Ruskin (British, 1819-1900)

View of a Northern Alps Landscape
Unsigned, identified on a label from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, on the reverse.
Graphite on paper, sheet size 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Toning, tape hinged to window mat, foxing.

Provenance: Sotheby & Co., London, May 20, 1931 Auction, Brantwood, lot 4.

Note: The present work was one of several works purchased by Charles E. Goodspeed, Boston bookseller and Ruskin collector, from the contents of Ruskin's Brantwood house in Coniston, Cumbria. (1)

1. "The Portraits of Rose la Touche," The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 120, No. 899, February 1978, p. 96.
Estimate $800-1,200

Keywords

John Ruskin, Charles E. Goodspeed, Sotheby & Co., London, The Burlington Magazine