Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2535BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 28, 2011 12:00PM
Description:
Lemuel D. Eldred (American, 1848-1921)
Bringing in the Nets
Signed "L.D. Eldred" l.r., stamped and inscribed "THIS PAINTING WAS TREATED BY
Gustav D. Klimann/ January 1979..." on the backing.
Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 12 in. (24.1 x 30.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, fine and shrinking craquelure.
Provenance: A South Dartmouth whaling family by descent.
Estimate $400-600
Craquelure throughout, fine dashes of retouch over network of craquelure to the u.l. and u.r. quadrants.