09-20-201309-20-2013
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September 20, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972) Moosilauke Mountain, New Hampshire

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$9,000$7,500
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2673BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 20, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972)

Moosilauke Mountain, New Hampshire
Signed "A.T. Hibbard" l.l., identified on a gummed label affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. (61.2 x 91.4 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure, surface grime.

Provenance: Purchased in the 1940s, then by descent within the family.
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Numbered in pencil "#15115" on the stretcher and on the frame. Numbered "#117" on the gummed label on the stretcher.

Stable craquelure through the sky and mountains, less in the foreground. A subtle vertical line in the paint surface at the u.r. quadrant which appears to be original and done while the paint was wet. Surface grime with some small accretions that present as tiny white dots.


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