(American, 1864-1941)Delaware Water Gap, 1915, signed lower center "Eilshemius-1915-", oil on pressed paper board, 20 x 30 in. (in painted spandrel); period carved giltwood frame, 28-3/4 x 38-1/2 in., Provenance: Artists' Gallery, New York, NY (bears storage label for Artist's Gallery); Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Schwartz, New York, NY(label verso); Helen Gee, New York, NY, 1979; Private Collection, High Point, North Carolina
Condition
mounted on Masonite, various surface abrasions and anomalies, surface abrasion/scratch near left side center, dry unvarnished surface, paper showing through sky (thinly painted), surface dirt layer, wear at edges not visible under frame; frame with wear