Wendell Macy (Massachusetts, 1845-1913) Signal Flags

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Wendell Macy (Massachusetts, 1845-1913)

Signal Flags
Signed and dated "Wendell Macy/1892" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 14 x 10 in., in a gilt-gesso frame.
Condition: Craquelure, minor losses, surface grime.

Note: A handwritten card tucked into the stretcher on the reverse indicates that these four pennant-form signal flags should be interpreted as two sets of two, and that both the red over blue and the red over red are attributed to the Coffin family, presumably of Nantucket, where Macy often worked.
Estimate $300-500


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