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January 22, 2016 04:00 PMCalender
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Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1866-1929) Park Street Church

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$11,685$9,500
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2878BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 22, 2016 4:00PM

Description:

Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American, 1866-1929)

Park Street Church
Signed "AC Goodwin" l.r., identified on a label from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 34 x 40 in. (86.5 x 101.6 cm),framed.
Condition: Good.

Provenance: A private Rhode Island collection.

Literature: Sandra Emerson, Lucretia H. Giese [and] Laura C. Luckey, A.C. Goodwin, 1864-1929 (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1974),unpaginated exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 29.

Exhibitions: A.C. Goodwin, 1866-1929, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 15 - August 25, 1974, cat. no. 29.
Estimate $5,000-7,000

Minor paint loss (circular loss, measuring 3/16 in. diameter) located in the center of the work, in the heavy white impasto above the back of the carriage and below the two small buildings. This area also shows some craquelure.

The painting has a new stretcher and new frame. The MFA label was detached and reaffixed to the new stretcher. The new stretcher is stamped "PROTECT-ART/by Charles Bearce" and is also stamped with the maker's patent number.


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Keywords

Laura C. Luckey, Lucretia H. Giese, Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Sandra Emerson