Lot 596

Robert Spear Dunning

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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(American, 1829-1905)

An Arrangement of Fruit, 1901, signed and dated lower right "R.S. Dunning 1901", also signed and dated canvas verso, oil on canvas, 11-1/4 x 14-1/4 in.; fine period carved gilt wood frame, 19-1/2 x 22-1/2 in.

Provenance: gift from the artist to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson, Hull, Massachusetts, 1901; William and Linda Vitale, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Exhibited: Fruits of Summer; Nineteenth Century American Still Life, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, June 6-September 7, 2009, label verso. 

Condition

original canvas and stretchers, tiny areas of retouch, some crackle, stretcher marks right side; frame with wear, small repairs commensurate with age

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gift from the artist to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson, Hull, Massachusetts, 1901; William and Linda Vitale, Gloucester, Massachusetts