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Lot 506: Joseph Lee (California, 1827-1880) Portrait of the Schooner California Sailing in Coastal Waters. Signed "Joseph Lee Painter" l.l. O...

Est: $15,000 USD - $25,000 USD
SkinnerBoston, MA, USNovember 05, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Joseph Lee (California, 1827-1880)

Portrait of the Schooner California Sailing in Coastal Waters. Signed "Joseph Lee Painter" l.l. Oil on canvas, 22 x 33 in., in original molded giltwood frame. Condition: Scratches to background sky and water u.l., l.l., and l.r., minor scattered flecks of paint loss, one spot of retouch to water l.c.

Provenance: Reportedly given as payment for medical services to Dr. Edward Worth, 1900-20, then hung in his pharmacy at Edgartown, Massachusetts, for eighty years.

Artist or Maker

Condition Report

Scratch is about 2 in. lg. to u.l. corner area, also1 in. scratch to l.l. corner, 1 1/2 in lg. scratch to l.r. corner; retouch spot to water l.c. about 3/4 in. dia.


Auction Details

American Furniture & Decorative Arts

by
Skinner
November 05, 2011, 10:00 AM EST

The Heritage on the Garden 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA, 02116, US