Lot 145: WILLIAM ANDERSON COFFIN 1855-1926

signed Wm. A. Coffin and dated 1909, l.r.; signed WILLIAM A. COFFIN and titled APRIL on an old handwritten note nailed to the stretcher

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Not lined SURFACE: in good condition; scattered craquelure UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered inpainting along the left edge; a few strokes at upper right (in sky and upper tree branches of tree at right

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14 by 20 in.<br><br>35.6 by 50.8 cm.