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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, May 21, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 885

Xanthus Russell Smith

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Pennsylvania/Maine, 1839-1929)

Feeding the Chickens, 1865, signed and dated lower right "Xanthus Smith 1865", oil on canvas, 9 x 12-1/4 in.; fine period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 18-3/4 x 21-3/4 in.

Provenance: The Charleston Renaissance Gallery (label verso); Private South Carolina Collection

Condition

lined, yellowed varnish, surface dirt layer, stabilized crackle; frame with wear commensurate with age