Lot 48
  • 48

John George Brown

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John George Brown
  • The Alarm (or Thrilling Moment)
  • signed J.G. Brown, N.A. and dated 1880 (lower right); with the inscription J.F. Brown and Thrilling Moment in an unknown hand (on a handwritten label affixed to the reverse)
  • oil on panel
  • 21 by 15 1/2 in.
  • 53.3 by 39.5 cm.

Provenance

Sale:  Sotheby's New York, March 14, 2001, lot 37
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

SURFACE: in generally good condition; figures look fine--background could use a cleaning--looks dirty, a few "milky" spots (particularly under male's left arm), a few old, discolored repaints (lower left , under female's feet, i.e.) ; scattered crackle in background; frame abrasion along right edge and at lower left corner UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: with the exception of a couple of large spots of repaint in her skirt, figures are clean; scattered large spots of inpainting in background
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