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Sat, Sep 16, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Sep 17, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Lot 599

Emile Albert Gruppe

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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

(Massachusetts, 1896-1978)

Old Beechnut Tree, signed lower right "Emile A. Gruppe", oil on canvas, 31 x 26 in.; original painted wood frame, 36 x 31 in.

Notes: The Pierreponts were the most important family in Brooklyn Heights in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  The family mansion, built by Henry Pierrepont and located at One Pierrepont Place in Brooklyn Heights, became the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low Pierrepont.  Mrs. Pierrepont purchased much of her Asian ceramic collection from Gump’s in San Francisco and from C.T. Loo in New York City.  The items listed here descended in the family.

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, slight grime, dry surface; frame with abrasions