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The Fine Sale: Day One

Sat, Nov 3, 2018 11:00AM EDT
Lot 4480

James Bolivar Needham 1850-1931): View on the Chicago River

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Oil on canvas, c. 1903, unsigned, inscribed 'August 14' on the reverse.

11 x 8 in., 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (frame).

Exhibited: Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD, African American Artists, February 2002; Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA, African American Artists: In the Mainstream, February 2003; Walters Art Musuem, Baltimore, MD, Long term loan February 1, 2005-2015.

Condition

Thin linen canvas wrapped around board, uneven along the right edge. A central horizontal dent. A scape upper left. Some surface soiling. Rubbing around the edges under the edge of the frame.