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January 22, 2016 04:00 PMCalender
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J. Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919) Cabbage Patch

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$2,091$1,700
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2878BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 22, 2016 4:00PM

Description:

J. Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919)

Cabbage Patch
Signed "J Alden Weir" l.r., titled on a presentation plaque.
Pastel on paper/board, sight size 11 1/2 x 17 in. (29.0 x 43.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Titled and dated "Vegetable Garden, Southampton 1896" in pencil on the reverse, and with framer's notes also on the reverse.

Support appears to be illustration board, size 14 x 20 inches, with corrugation staining to the reverse. Affixed to window mat with masking tape at intervals along the reverse and at each corner. Brown paper tape remnants around the edges of the reverse from a prior mounting. Condition of the surface of the recto appears good.


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