American School, Late 19th Century Preparing for Dinner

Description:

American School, Late 19th Century

Preparing for Dinner
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, showing an African American family in a domestic setting, the gentleman having procured a chicken and root vegetables, 18 x 27 1/4 in., framed.
Condition: Lined, minor retouch.

Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1974.
The Marvill Collection
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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