Description:
Charles Herbert Woodbury (American, 1864-1940)
Schooner in Shallows
Signed and dated "Charles Herbert Woodbury ...07" l.l.
Oil on board, 9 x 13 in. (22.9 x 33.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure.
Provenance: Ex-collection of Philip Knight, Boston, purchased from The Old Picture Store, Boston, 1939.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Wax lined, with some mounting bubbles to the reverse. Broad craquelure to the front, which seems stable.
Provenance is provided on a handwritten label affixed to the back of the frame. There is also an envelope enclosed behind the frame backing that contains the artist's obituary from The Boston Herald in 1940.
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