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Premier Auction | Session II

Fri, May 17, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1046

Follower of Thomas Gainsborough

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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

(British, 1727–1788)

Travelers on a Country Track, unsigned, oil on canvas, 12-1/2 x 14-1/8 in.; gilt frame, 18-3/4 x 21-3/8 in.

Note:

Exhibited: Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1885. Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.; Municipal Art Gallery, Leeds, Autumn, 1889.; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, The Moss Collection Paintings, A Loan Exhibition, January- February, 1965, No. 11

Literature: Grosvenor Gallery, London, Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., London: Grosvenor Gallery, 1885, No. 15. pg. 14 ills.; Graves, Algeron, A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1813-1912, London, 1913, vol. I, No. 1, pg. 390; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, The Moss Collection Paintings, A Loan Exhibition, 1965, No. 11, p. 8, ills

, Provenance: Edward McDermott, Esq., London, ca. 1885; Findley Galleries, Chicago; Ex-collection Mr. and Mrs. Morrie A. Moss, Memphis, Tennessee; Property from a Southern Institution

Condition

lined with paste and linen, crackle, yellowed varnish, retouch; frame with abrasions