(Danish/America, 1850-1921) Screw Steamship Aransas, signed lower right "Antonio Jacobsen 1905/31 Palisade Ave West Hoboken NJ", oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in.; period gilt wood and composition frame, 28 x 42 in.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., #19, checklist page 34 & 35. According to Sniffen, the screw steamship Aransas was built by Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington. Delaware, and was owned by the Joy S.S. CO. in New York. This painting is listed as being in a private collection in New York. , Provenance:
Condition
crackle, stretcher marks, three areas of bull's eye crackle, vertical surface abraded stretcher mark canvas right, slightly yellowed varnish; frame with wear and abrasions