Description:
Walter Clark (American, 1848-1917)
House on the Water's Edge
Signed "Walter Clark" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, flaking with paint loss u.l., abrasion with paint loss c.r., surface grime.
Estimate $800-1,200
Framed dimensions: 28 1/4 x 32 1/4 in.
Scattered dots of retouch to the foreground and middleground. Broader strokes of thin retouch to the sky in the upper left corner and along the top edge. Paint losses measuring 1/8 inch diameter each to center right on the shore and in the sky in the upper left corner, with a small area of flaking just below it along the upper left edge. Craquelure overall, with drying cracks visible in the sky.
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