Auction: Discovery - 2590M
Location: Marlborough
Date / Time: April 11, 2012 2:00PM
Description:
Four Coastal Views:
Minnie F. Oakes (American, fl. c. 1891), Dory on Wingaersheek Beach,
signed "M.F. Oakes." l.r., oil on canvas, stretched with Boston tabs;
Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph (American, 1868-1924), Crashing Waves, signed "T.V.C.VALENKAMPH." l.r., oil on artistboard; Howard A. Curtis (American, 1906-1989), Wet Weather, signed "Howard A. Curtis" l.l., titled on the reverse, also dated and signed "1938/ HOWARD A. CURTIS" in pencil l.r., oil on artistboard; Walter Monteith Aikman (American, 1857-1939), Along the Shore, signed "W.M. AIKMAN" l.r., oil on canvas mounted to cardstock; sizes to 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm), each framed.
Condition: Surface grime.
Provenance: From the collection of John Weston Black, Esq., Gloucester, Massachusetts; present owner by family descent.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Wingaersheek 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm), Crashing and Wet 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm), Shore 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm).