Description:
American School, 19th Century
Squatters' Cabins, Central Park, New York
Signed and inscribed "M.GREENE/N.Y." l.l.
Oil on canvas, 10 1/4 x 15 in. (25.8 x 38.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Patch reinforcement, scattered retouch, stable craquelure.
Provenance: From a private New York collection.
Exhibitions: Celebrating Central Park, 1853-2003, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, May 1-July 3, 2003.
N.B. A copy of the folder and checklist from the Hirschl & Adler exhibition accompanies the lot.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
There are numerous tiny dots of retouch, mostly within the sky and the immediate foreground. The craquelure is fine and stable.
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