Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2493Location: BostonDate / Time: January 29, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Charles Wilson Knapp (American, 1823-1900)
Cattle Grazing on a Riverbank
Signed "C. W. Knapp" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 36 in. (50.8 x 91.4 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure with minute scattered losses, surface grime.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
There is a 5-inch-long thin vertical line of craquelure with minute areas of paint loss at the center top. There is a 7 -inch-long thin diagonal line of craquelure in the upper left quadrant. There are two small abrasions with minor paint loss center bottom and a third in the lower left corner.