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Premier Auction - Session II - March 25, 2023

Sat, Mar 25, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1044

Louis Eilshemius

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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, 1864-1941)

Somewhere in France, 1914, signed lower right "Eilshemius", dated lower left "1914", oil on board, 20-1/4 x 30-1/4 in., in painted spandrel; carved wood frame, 24 x 34 in.

Note: Exhibited: Boyer Galleries, New York, NY, (label verso)

Literature: Karlstrom Paul J. 1978. Louis Michel Eilshemius. New York: H.N. Abrams, no. 217.

 

Condition

board mounted on board, crack on left side through top board, stabilized by mount, repaired loss at lower left corner, not visible under frame, wear and losses at edges not visible under frame, surface dirt layer; frame with wear

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, Washington, D.C.; Jean Hirshhorn LePere; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, gift of the above; The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, with proceeds to fund future acquisitions