Premier Auction | Session III
Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1728
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
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 |
(Charleston, South Carolina, 1876-1958)
Moonrise over the Marsh, signed lower right "Alice R H Smith", watercolor on paper, 22 x 13 in.; framed, 30 x 20-1/2 in.
Note:"The fields are beautiful alike when green or tawny in the fall, or silver when the grasses were in their last glory. Others were orange when the broom-grass had its November coloring. The rice fields were golden with the ripe rice in summer." ARHS, Reminiscences, 99 (as quoted in M. Severens, An Artist, A Place and a Time)
, Provenance: From the family; By descent to Sarah Harleston Huger of Richmond Plantation; By descent to Nancy Brocklehurs; By descent to the present ownerCondition
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