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Premier Auction | Session III

Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1888

Frank Duveneck

Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000

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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Kentucky/Ohio, 1848-1919)

Portrait of an Artist, said to be William Merritt Chase, 1877, signed with monogram "FD", oil on canvas, 21-3/8 x 18-1/8 in.; framed, 27 x 23-5/8 x 2-1/2 in.

Note:

labels verso: The Fine Arts Museum of the South at Mobile, "The Ripening of American Art: Duveneck & Chase" Oct.16-Nov.25, 1979; The High museum of Art, "Portrait of an Artist" Purchased with funds from the Friends of Art, Christie's American Art; Berger Art Conservation, Inc.

, Provenance: An Important Southern Collection

Condition

lined, retouch in background at the right edge, at right side and above face, modern varnish layer; frame with wear and abrasions, holes at lower edge from missing name plate, separation at corners

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