Description:
Jessie Cheney Fairbanks (American, 1870-1946)
Abstract Landscape. Signed and dated "Jessie/Cheney/Fairbanks/1940" l.r. Oil on canvas, 28 x 25 in., framed. Condition: Surface grime, craquelure, a few scattered minor accretions, a few narrow linear abrasions.
Estimate $300-500
No further condition issues to report.
Frame dimensions: 37 x 33 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.
We are grateful to Jonathan C. Sproul for providing the following information about the artist: Born Jessie May Cheney in Amherst, Massachusetts. Art student and daughter of Amherst College vocal teacher George S. Cheney (1834-1902). Married in 1894, to music teacher, piano salesman and organist Almon J. Fairbanks (1869-1936) of Boston. Exhibited Copley Society, Boston, and Gloucester Society of Artists. Resided Cambridge, Newton in 1920s, Rockport in 1929, and Boston in the 1930s-40s.
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