Lot 645: Lot of Two Coastal Views: Henry J. Billings (American, b. 1894), Rockport Wharf, signed...

Lot of Two Coastal Views:

Henry J. Billings (American, b. 1894), Rockport Wharf,
signed "Billings" l.l., identified on a label from Artists' Guild Inc. Exhibition,
Springfield, on the reverse, oil on burlap, 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm);
Attributed to Bertha Eversfield Perrie (American, 1868-1921), Rogers Street / A Gloucester, Massachusetts Landscape, unsigned, inscribed "By Bertha E. Perrie..." in a later hand on the reverse, oil on paper/board, 13 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (34.9 x 42.9 cm); both framed.

Condition: Surface grime and abrasions, puncture to l.r., minor board losses to edges, subtle craquelure.

Provenance: From the collection of Frank Cook Adams, Boston, Massachusetts.