Premier Auction - Session I
Fri, May 20, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 558
Edwin Lord Weeks Orientalist Painting, Caravan
Estimate: $18,000 - $22,000
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, 1849-1903)
Caravan at Sunset ? Persia, circa 1925, signed lower left "E.L. Weeks", oil on canvas, 20-1/8 x 30-1/8 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 29-1/2 x 39-3/8 in.
Note: Brunk Auctions would like to thank Edward S. Levin for his authentication of this painting It will be included in the Edwin Lord Weeks catalogue raisonn‚ and is accompanied by his Certificate of Authentication.
Literature: Weeks, Edwin Lord. From the Black Sea Through Persia and India. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895, page 191 for related illustration of flower-seller.
Catalogue of Very Important Finished Pictures, Studies, Sketches and Original Drawings by the late Edwin Lord Weeks, American Art Galleries, New York, March 15, 16, 17, 1905. [New York: American Art Galleries, 1905], Lot 148 (see also Lot 206 for related work, "Persian Caravan - Sunset," in larger format).
Provenance: The artists’s estate sale, American Art Galleries, March 17, 1905, No. 148,“Caravan at Sunset – Persia” (sold at that sale for $85); Property from the John B. Schorsch Collection
Condition
lined with linen, restretched on old stretcher, signature with wear and reinforcement, scattered retouch in two periods; frame with some wear
