Charles Henry Gifford (American, 1839-1904) New Bedford Harbor at Sunset

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Charles Henry Gifford (American, 1839-1904)

New Bedford Harbor at Sunset
Signed and dated "C.H. Gifford 1896." l.l., identified on labels from the Old
Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, New York, on the frame backing paper.
Watercolor on paper, sheet size approximately 17 1/4 x 27 1/7 in. (43.8 x 69.2 cm),framed.
Condition: Sheet laid down on paperboard support, support mounted to window mat with linen tape at the corners.
Provenance: A private Massachusetts collection.

Exhibitions: An American Luminist, Charles Henry Gifford, November 7, 1986-January 11, 1987, Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and January 25-March 8, 1987, The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, New York, guest curator, John I.H. Baur, cat. #22; New Bedford Watercolors, 1787-1987, May 5-October 2, 1988, Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Estimate $15,000-20,000

Dimensions of paperboard support are 22 x 31 3/4 in. The gold, pebble-surfaced window mat has been lined with acid-free mat board on the reverse.

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