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Fri, Aug 5, 2016 05:00PM EDT - Sat, Aug 6, 2016 05:00PM EDT
Lot 234

American School: Lady with Onyx Brooch

Estimate: $600 - $900
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Oil on canvas, c. 1835, unsigned, lined, with label from the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 24 x 20 1/4 in., 28 x 24 in. (frame).  Exhibited:  San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and California Palace of the Legion of Honor, <I>Exhibition of American Painting<P>, June, 1935, no. 56; New York, M. Knoedler & Co., <I>American Portraits<P>, October, 1968, no. 26; New York, M. Knoedler & Co., <I>American Primitive Exhibition<P>, February, 1969, no. 3.  Provenance:  The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, November 12 & 13, 1971, lot 63; Allan Stone Gallery, New York.