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American & Southern | March 13, 2025

Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1012

Frank H. Shapleigh

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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(American, 1842-1906)

Old Kitchen, Bartlett, New Hampshire, signed lower right "F.H. Shapleigh 1891." and signed and inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 10 x 16 in.; period carved gilt wood frame, 13-1/2 x 19-1/2 x 1-1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Walter Hotchkiss, Homestead, Florida; Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, May 17, 2014, lot 252, sold for $4,200; Private Collection, Florida

Note: For similar interiors and a discussion of his kitchen scenes, see Shapleigh, Frank H., James L. Garvin, Donna-Belle Garvin, and New Hampshire Historical Society. 1982. Full of Facts and Sentiment : The Art of Frank H. Shapleigh : A Loan Exhibition, October 15-November 28, 1982. Concord, N.H., Hanover, N.H.: New Hampshire Historical Society ; Distributed by University Press of New England, ill. pp. 54-55. 

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Collection of Walter Hotchkiss, Homestead, Florida; Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, May 17, 2014, lot 252, sold for $4,200; Private Collection, Florida

original stretcher and tacking edge, two patches with three points of retouch, crackle; frame with wear and losses