Lot 56: JAMES AUGUSTUS SUYDAM 1819-1865

HUT ON THE HUDSON

measurements
8 1/4 by 12 1/8 in.

alternate measurements
21 by 30.8 cm.

signed with initials, l.r.

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Lined canvas. The surface is very taut and with some fine, pressed craquelure. a repair can be seen at center left, circa 2 inches long; yellowed varnish. Under UV light: inpainting on the abovementioned repair and three other small areas at center left; another small area of inpainting on the tree at center right.

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Painted circa mid-1850s

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut