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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2598BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 18, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
Bryant Chapin (American, 1859-1927)
Rocky Coastal View
Signed and dated "BRYANT CHAPIN '90" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 20 in. (31.1 x 50.8 cm),framed.
Condition: Patch reinforcement, retouch, varnish inconsistencies, craquelure with gentle lifting/cupping, minute scattered losses.
Provenance: Estate of Elinor Truesdale Marvell, Cliff Farm, Tiverton, Rhode Island. Ms. Truesdale Marvell was daughter of the late Dr. Philemon Edwards Truesdale (1874-1945),who founded of the Truesdale Hospital (now Truesdale Clinic),Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1905.
Estimate $1,800-2,200
Broad and thin washes of retouch to sky area beneath varnish layer; surface grime; may benefit from a cleaning; no additional condition issues to report.