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Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1598

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

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(Danish/America, 1850-1921)

The City of Para American Steamship, 1916, signed lower right "Antonio Jacobsen 1916", oil on board, 20 x 36 in.; carved painted and gilt wood frame, 23 x 39 in.

Note:

Literature: Sniffen, Harold S. Antonio Jacobsen The Checklist : Paintings and Sketches by Antonio N.G. Jacobsen, 1850-1921. New York, N.Y.: Sanford & Patricia Smith galleries, 1984., checklist page 72 & 73.  According to Sniffen, the screw steamship City of Para was built by John Roach & Son, Chester, Pennsylvania, and was owned by the U.S. & Brazil S.S. Company, in New York, from 1878-1923.  This painting is listed as being owned at time of publication by the Mariner's Museum, Virginia.

, Provenance: Northeast Auctions, August 2004

Condition

scattered areas of retouch sky, especially at edges under frame, one vertical line of retouch water lower center, minimal surface dirt layer; frame with abrasions, wear, chips and losses to paint

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