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September Premier Auction: Day 2

Sat, Sep 16, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 17, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Lot 601

Aldro Thompson Hibbard

Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Massachusetts/Vermont, 1886-1972)

Sugaring Off, signed lower right "A.T. Hibbard", oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 40-1/2 in.; original Hibbard carved and gilt wood frame

Notes: The Pierreponts were the most important family in Brooklyn Heights in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  The family mansion, built by Henry Pierrepont and located at One Pierrepont Place in Brooklyn Heights, became the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low Pierrepont.  Mrs. Pierrepont purchased much of her Asian ceramic collection from Gump’s in San Francisco and from C.T. Loo in New York City.  The items listed here descended in the family.

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, crackle, small point of retouch lower right; frame with abrasions