09-19-201409-20-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2750BBoston
September 19, 2014 04:00 PMCalender
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Edmund C. Coates (American, 1816-1871) Winter Landscape with Figures, Brick Cottages, and an Arched Bridge

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$738$600
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2750BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 19, 2014 4:00PM

Description:

Edmund C. Coates (American, 1816-1871)

Winter Landscape with Figures, Brick Cottages, and an Arched Bridge
Signed and inscribed "E.C. Coates ft 1854 SNY. LI. US. o NA" l.r.,
identified on a presentation plaque.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. (61.0 x 91.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Repair u.r., retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

Inscribed "If anything happens to A..., this picture is to come home and I will keep it for Nettie./A.O. Farmer" in ink on the reverse. Also with a canvas stencil from Goupil & Co., New York, and a faint stencil from a London manufacturer, "...OWNEY", on the reverse.

The repair - which could use redoing - is to 3 vertical tears (the longest under 2 inches) in the sky u.r. There are additional strokes of retouch scattered about.

The fram emeasures about 29 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.


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Keywords

Edmund C. Coates, Nettie./A.O. Farmer, London, Goupil & Co.