Lot 53
  • 53

Thomas Moran 1837 - 1926

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Moran
  • Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
  • signed with artist's mongrammed signature TMoran and dated 1915 (lower right); also inscribed Entrance to the Grand Canal. / Venice on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 30 inches
  • (50.8 by 76.2 cm)

Provenance

August Heckscher, Huntington, New York, by 1920
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York, 1959
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas, after 1978
Private Collection
Spanierman Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2005

Exhibited

Huntington, New York, Heckscher Museum of Art, The Moran Family, June-July 1965, no. 56
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, November-December 1965
New York, Spanierman Gallery, A Century of American Art: 1850-1950, Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper, October 2004

Condition

Very good condition. Under UV: a tiny spot of inpainting in lower right quadrant and small spots, primarily to address frame abrasion, at top edge.
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