Lot 58
  • 58

John George Brown 1831-1913

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • John George Brown
  • the Harpist
  • signed J.G. Brown and dated 1870, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 25 1/2 in.
  • 76.2 by 64.6 cm.

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1982

Exhibited

Springfield, Massachusetts, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum; New York, National Academy of Design; Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Country Paths & City Sidewalks: The Art of J.G. Brown, 1989

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: two small losses to frame of the harp, while surface has been compressed from relining, retention of details, colors and pigment is good UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered inpainting; an area of repaints, about 6 by 10 in. and above figure's head, is by far the largest; figure is largely clean--with two small spots of inpainting on her grey skirt, some craquelure fill-in on her shoulder and just below her waist, and a few lines just under her chin
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