Oil on paperboard, unsigned, with a sketch on the reverse, with label from Vose Galleries, Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in., 18 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (frame).
Literature: Richardson, E.P., Washington Alston: a Study of the Romantic Artist in America, Chicago, 1948 p. 195, no.64. Exhibited: Gerdts, William H and Stebbins Jr., Theodore E, A Man of Genius: the Art of Washington Alston 1779-1843, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA, 1979-1980, illus. p.23, no.21.
Condition
Craquelure with separation and a few tiny losses. Rubbing along the right edge under the frame. Surface soiling. Surface losses on the reverse and losses around the edges of the board. Several tack holes.
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Henry Channing Rivers.
By descent to Mrs. John Armory Jeffries, Santa Barbara CA.
Vose Galleries, Boston, MA.
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, New York.
Property from the Estates of Martha and Robert Bolton.