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Premier Catalog Auction - Session III

Sat, Nov 17, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 1638

American School

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

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(19th century)

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, bears spurious signature on rock lower right "T.Cole", oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in.; fine modern gilt wood frame, 32-3/4 x 42-3/4 in.

Note:

Literature: Glassie, Henry H., "Thomas Cole and Niagara Falls", [The New York Historical Society Quarterly], Vol. LVIII, Number 2, April 1974, pp.88-111, ill., accompanied by issue 

Lot also accompanied by book, Noble, Louis Legrand, and Elliot S. Vesell. The Life and Works of Thomas Cole. 1964. and a copy of Artnews with article on Henry Glassie.

Condition

wax and linen lined, restretched on new stretcher, recent cleaning, crackle, some retouch primarily in sky affecting approximately 5% of surface; frame with abrasions

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