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Modern Design, Tiffany, Art Nouveau, Decorative Continental Works

Fri, Sep 12, 2014 05:00PM EDT - Sat, Sep 13, 2014 05:00PM EDT
Lot 185

Paul Ashbrook

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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(Ohio, 1867-1949) Drying Codfish-Portugal, signed lower right "Paul Ashbrook" with remnant of original artist's label verso canvas with title, oil on canvas, 24-1/8 x 30-1/4 in.; original gilt wood frame with glass, original stretcher and tacking edge; frame with abrasions. Notes: Exhibited: Possibly exhibited at the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio (on partial label verso). Provenance: Former backing when removed revealed a printed program from the graduating class of 1952-1953, Woodward High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is inscribed with a note indicating the painting was a donation.

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge; frame with abrasions