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American & Southern | March 13, 2025

Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1106

Henry R. Rittenberg

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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 (American, 1879-1969)

Kitchen Still Life, 1922, signed upper right "Rittenberg", also inscribed in paint canvas verso, "dedicated and dated 'To My Best Friend / F. Loving Preston / Henry R. Rittenberg / winter 1922", oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in; fine reproduction gilt wood frame, 33 x 38 in.

Provenance: Christie's, New York, March 18, 1983, lot 269;  Alexander Gallery, New York, NY;  Richard Manoogian, Gross Pointe, Michigan; Masco Corporation, Taylor, Michigan; Sotheby's, July 30, 2016, sold for $1,375.; Private South Carolina Collection

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Christie's, New York, March 18, 1983, lot 269;  Alexander Gallery, New York, NY;  Richard Manoogian, Gross Pointe, Michigan; Masco Corporation, Taylor, Michigan; Sotheby's, July 30, 2016, sold for $1,375.; Private South Carolina Collection

crackle, stretcher marks, original canvas and stretchers; frame with abrasions