Lot 1031

Attributed to John F. Francis

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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
(Pennsylvania, 1808-1886) Still Life with Wine, Biscuits, Fruit and Cheese, unsigned, oil on canvas, 22-1/4 x 27-1/4 in.; possibly period fine carved gilt wood frame, 33-1/2 x 38-1/2 in. - Provenance: Private Florida Collection - Note: For a similar work, signed "JF Francis", and dated 1858, see: New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., John F. Francis: Not Just Desserts, November 29, 1990-January 5, 1991, pp. 2, 7, no. 9, illustrated (as Still Life?Wine, Fruit and Cheese, The Wine Taster's Table) , sold Christie's. New York, November 2019 for $56,250.; also Still Life--Grapes in a Dish, c. 1850, in the collection of the Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey.

Condition

linen lined, possibly restretched wider than originally stretched on right side with corresponding vertical strip of fluorescence, other small scattered areas of retouch; frame in good condition, possibly fully restoredÿ