Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2538BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2011 11:00AM
Description:
William P. Stubbs (American, 1942-1909)
Portrait of the Schooner FRANK M. NOYESOff Nashawn Island withDistant Lighthouse. Signed "Stubbs" l.l., the vessel identified on a pennant. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., in a period molded wood frame with gilt liner. Condition: Two tears u.c.
Note: The schooner Frank M. Noyes was built at Essex, Massachusetts, in 1879. Her home port was Baltimore, Maryland.
Estimate $6,000-8,000
One tear about 2 1/2 in. follows top of center sail, another abou 1/2 in. on sail at center, varnish is yellowed.