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Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 689

American School

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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
(18th century)Portrait of a Boy with a Bird, unsigned, oil on canvas, 29-1/5 x 25-3/4 in.; black finished wood frame, 35-1/4 x 31-1/2 in.  - Provenance: Steele Estate, Westport, Connecticut; Victor D. Spark, New York, NY; Sotheby's New York, February 1, 1985, Important American Furniture: The Collection of Abram R. and Blanche M. Harpending, lot 571, sold for $4,400; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

linen lined, areas of fluorescence scattered throughout, crackle; frame with crackle, wear, areas of loss to finish