Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2567BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 05, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
William P. Stubbs (American, 1942-1909)
Portrait of the Three-masted Schooner BESSIE ROSEwith Distant Lighthouse.< D>Signed "[W] P Stubbs" l.l., the vessel identified on a pennant and stern. Oil on canvas, 21 x 32 1/2 in., in a later molded giltwood frame. Condition: Canvas applied to Masonite, scattered retouch, craquelure, minor paint loss u.r.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Retouch prevalent to sky around sails, sparse retouch to sky and water between craquelure, on hull midship, and minor scattered spots.