Lot 71
  • 71

Thomas Birch 1779 - 1851

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Thomas Birch
  • Winter Scene in Pennsylvania
  • signed Tho. Birch, l.l. and signed Thos. Birch, dated 1833 Philadelphia, l.c.

  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 30 in.
  • (50.8 by 76.2 cm)

Provenance

Spanierman Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980

Exhibited

Hickory, North Carolina, Hickory Museum of Art, Through Artist's Eyes: Selections from the Masco Collection, March-April 1993

Condition

Very good condition, lined, some stable craquelure. Under UV: a few scattered pin dots of retouching, otherwise fine.
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