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Sat, Sep 11, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 935

Levi Wells Prentice

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000

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

(American, 1851-1935)

Still Life with Pears and Grapes, signed lower right "L.W. Prentice", oil on canvas, 10 x 16 in.; original ornate period carved gilt wood shadow box frame, 19-3/4 x 25-3/4 in., Provenance: The Ann and Joel Finn Collection; Note: Exhibited: Nature Staged: The Still Lifes of Levi Wells Prentice,ÿMay 28, 1993 - October 15, 1993, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, label verso.Literature:ÿJones, Barbara L., and Levi Wells Prentice.ÿNature Staged: The Landscape and Still Life Paintings of Levi Wells Prentice. Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.: Adirondack Museum, 1993, pl. 48.Illustrated in the Jeffery Tillou Antiques catalog,ÿThe Ann and Joel Finn Collection, pg. 47 (lot accompanied by copy of catalog).

Condition

linen lined, apparent repair with retouch at left side; frameÿin good condition, possibly regilt