Lot 51
  • 51

Frederic Stanley

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Frederic Stanley
  • The Soapbox Wreck
  • signed Frederic Stanley - (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 35 3/4 by 28 inches
  • (90.8 by 71.1 cm)
  • Painted circa 1924.

Provenance

Private Collection, Idaho (acquired directly from the artist)
By descent from the above to the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In good condition aside from scattered areas of loss and associated cupping, stretcher marks, craquelure, and surface dirt. UNDER UV: A few scattered dots of inpainting and an uneven varnish which fluoresces green.
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Catalogue Note

This work was illustrated on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on 2 February, 1924.