Lot 103: PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. VIRGINIA KRAFT PAYSON (LOTS 103-111) JOHN P. BENSON 1865-1947

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. VIRGINIA KRAFT PAYSON (LOTS 103-111) JOHN P. BENSON 1865-1947 THE WHALE HUNT: SETTING OUT AND NOON, THE ATTACK: A PAIR OF PAINTINGS

each signed John P. Benson, l.l.

each oil on canvas

Condition Note: Both works- In good condition overall, canvases are not lined, scattered craquelure, slight stretcher marks. The Attack- there is a dent (center left) Under UV Light there is inpainting throughout, heavier behind the mast of the ship and scattered around the horizon line. Setting Out- Under UV light- Scattered spots of inpainting throughout mostly centered around the mast of the ship and in the center 1/3 of the canvas following the horizon line.
PROVENANCE

Charles Shipman Payson (purchased circa 1920s)
By descent to the present owner
CATALOGUE NOTE

A related work from the same series by the artist is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Essex Massachusetts

each 36 1/2 by 74 1/2 in.<br><br>92.7 by 189.2 cm.