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Americana at STAIR - August 1, 2024

Thu, Aug 1, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 305

Thomas Chambers (1808–1869): Indiaman Saluting at the Island of St. Helena

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for
$20,000
Sold Price excludes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Oil on canvas, unsigned, with labels from The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and The Denver Art Museum, lined.

18 1/4 x 24 1/2 in., 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (frame).

Exhibited: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, American Folk Art: A Sampling from Northern California Collections, October 2, 1986 - April 5, 1987.

Literature: Kathleen A. Foster, Thomas Chambers: American Marine and Landscape Painter, 1808-1869, illustrated page 71.

Condition

Lined. Craquelure with lifting and scattered inpainting. A loss, inpainted and several other areas of inpainting in the rocks at left.

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