William James Glackens

Sketch of Rockport, Massachusetts

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December 16, 05:29 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

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Description

Property from the Estate of Benjamin D. Holt, Jr.

William James Glackens

1870 - 1938

Sketch of Rockport, Massachusetts

oil on canvas mounted on board

10¾ by 14 in.

27.3 by 35.6 cm.

Executed in 1936.

The present work is a sketch for William Glackens's last major painting, The Headlands, Rockport (1936), located in a private collection. His brushwork and palette are reminiscent of the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir.