American Art
Description:
Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015)
Snow, Silver Cove
Signed "L Sisson" lower right, titled on the reverse, identified and dated "...about 1963" on labels from the Hood Museum of Art and from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, both affixed to the reverse.
Oil on Masonite, 37 1/2 x 71 in. (95.3 x 180.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Good.
Provenance: Frank Leighton Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988),Worcester, Massachusetts; by gift to the present collection, 1963. Property of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Sold for the benefit of the collection.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Framed dimensions are 39 1/4 x 73 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches.
Frame with a presentation plaque inscribed "Presented by Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924." An unattributed typed label on the reverse provides further provenance stating that the work was acquired in June 1963 as a gift from Frank L. Harrington through Shore Gallery (location unspecified).
No additional condition issues to report.
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Frank Leighton Harrington, Laurence SissonRobin S.R. Starr
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