Lot 60

William "Billy" James, Jr.

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1882-1961)

Portrait of Tony Betts, signed lower right "William James 1924", oil on canvas, 60 x 52 in.; gilt wood frame, 61-1/2 x 53-1/2 in.

Provenance: The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut

Exhibited: Twenty-eighth Annual Exhibition, The Art Association of Newport, 1939 (label verso). 

Condition

crackle, draw crackle, surface dirt layer; frame with wear

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The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut