Emile Albert Gruppé (American, 1896-1978) Repairing the Nets, Gloucester Harbor

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Emile Albert Gruppé (American, 1896-1978)

Repairing the Nets, Gloucester Harbor
Signed "Emile A. Gruppé" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm),in the artist's original carved, silver-leaf frame.
Condition: Good.

Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist in 1948, by family descent to the current owner.

N.B. The location of this scene in Gloucester, Massachusetts, was identified by Emilie Gruppé Alexander, President of the Emile A. Gruppé Gallery, Jericho, Vermont. Ms. Alexander, who is the daughter of Emile Gruppé, also identified the frame as having been made by her father. A copy of Ms. Alexander's email accompanies the lot.
Estimate $7,000-9,000


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