Brunk Auctions
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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

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(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

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