Single Owner Auction - The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr. of Newnan, Georgia
Sat, Sep 12, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 91
Joshua Shaw
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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(English/America, 1776-1861)Battle Scene in Georgia Near the Florida Line, c. 1838, signed and inscribed stretcher verso "A Scene in Georgia near the Florida Line. Aÿbattle fought betwixt Indians and U.S. Troops under Gen Andrew Jackson/J. Shaw", oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in.; carved gilt wood and composition frame, 15-3/4 x 19-1/4 in.Note: A nearly identical, unfinished version of this same scene is in the permanent collection of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, and is titled "Reedy River Massacre", although the historical veracity of the scene and the title are debatable. It is also speculated that Shaw's travels in the south were in preparation for a second volume of engravings ofÿ "Picturesque Views of American Scenery", but in the end such a volume was never printed. The Greenville Museum of Art has a collection of Shaw'sÿSouth Carolina paintings, and The Newark Museum has a larger Shaw of similar composition with Indians in the middle ground titled "American Forest Scenery".ÿ These were clearly a subject and a composition that were important to Shaw,ÿas he painted them numerous times, andÿcertainly drama and romanticismÿtookÿ precedence for the artist over both historic facts and topographic veracity.; Provenance: Dr. Hugh Brinton, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, inherited from his great grandfather in Philadelphia; The Old Print Shop, New York, NY, sold 1968; Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY, sold in the 1970s; The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr., Newnan, Georgia
original stretchers and tacking edge, slightly loose canvas at upper right corner, crackle; frame with wear and abrasionssee full condition report by Painting Conservation, Asheville, North Carolina, online
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