Lot 570

William Trost Richards

Estimate: $44,000 - $60,000

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(American, 1833-1905)

Bouquet Valley in the Adirondacks, circa 1864, signed lower right "W. T. Richards", inscribed pencil backing verso "August (?) Valley in the Adirondacks", oil on canvas, 15 x 22 in.; fine reproduction carved gilt wood frame, 21 x 28 in.

Provenance: Collection of Barbara Novak, New York, NY

Exhibited: In Search of a National Landscape: William Trost Richards in the Adirondacks, The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, May 24,2002-October 15, 2002, label verso.

Literature: Ferber, Linda S., William Trost Richards, Caroline Mastin Welsh, and Adirondack Museum. 2002. In Search of a National Landscape: William Trost Richards and the Artists’ Adirondacks, 1850-1870. Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.: Adirondack Museum.cat. no. 25, ill. page 57, 

Condition

lined onto new stretchers, original stretchers and backing board preserved and attached verso, probably surface dirt layer; frame with minimal wear and tiny losses to surface

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Collection of Barbara Novak, New York, NY