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Premier Auction | Session III

Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1602

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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

(Danish/America, 1850-1921)

The Steamship Hekla, signed lower right "A. Jacobsen 1884", oil on canvas, 12 x 20 in.; reproduction carved gilt wood frame, 14-1/2 x 22-1/2 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 144 & 145.  According to Sniffen, the screw steamshhip Hekla was built by Scott & Co. in Greenock, Scotland, and was owned by the Thingvalla Line in Copenhagen from 1884-1910. The location of this painting is listed at time of publication as Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY, in 1976..

, Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York 1976; Christie's, New York; Property from an Important South Carolina Estate

Condition

crackle, wax repair verso with corresponding retouch florescence recto, stretcher marks, bull's eye crackle sky right; frame with wear and abrasions