Premier Auction - Session II
Sat, Sep 11, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 973
Asher B. Durand
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
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 |
(American, 1796?1886)
Study for a Summer Afternoon, c. 1865, signed lower left "A B D ", oil on canvas, 16-1/2 x 21 in.; fine period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 26 x 30-3/4 in., Provenance: The artist; Benjamin S. Field; Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts ) label verso; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, purchase, 1977; Property of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions; Note: Literature: ?Art in Virginia: Excitement at Museum,?ÿRichmond Times-Dispatch, September 25, 1977, J4, illus.;ÿDavid B. Lawall,ÿAsher B. Durand, A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintingsÿ(New York: Garland, 1978), pp. 141?42, no. 268A, illus.;ÿÿJohn Caldwell and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, entry for Asher B. Durand,ÿSummer Afternoon,ÿAmerican Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 1 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994), p. 430 (listed as a ?related work?);ÿÿElizabeth L. O?Leary, entry for Asher B. Durand,ÿStudy for Summer Afternoon (Summer Afternoon), in O?Leary et al.,ÿAmerican Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Artsÿ(Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2010), pp. 178?81, illus. p. 179ÿ
Condition
see full condition report from Painting Conservation, Asheville, NC; frame in very good condition overall, some wear commensurate with age
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