Lot 110
  • 110

Francis Augustus Silva

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Francis Augustus Silva
  • Late Afternoon
  • signed F.A. Silva. (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 30 inches
  • (45.8 by 76.2 cm)

Provenance

Coe Kerr Gallery, New York
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, June 2, 1983, lot 76
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Mark Mitchell, Francis A. Silva, In His Own Light, New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, 2002, p. 52, fig. 30, illustrated

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from surface dirt and a 1/2 inch tear in the sky at the upper right. UNDER UV: Two small dashes of inpainting in the sky.
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