YOU ARE BIDDING ON,RARE,OIL ON MASONITE BOARD,MUSEUM PIECE,IMPRESSIONIST,AMERICAN ARTIST --SAMUEL BALDWIN PRATT,A WELL LISTED ARTIST ,NOT MANY OF HIS LARGE,PAINTINGS COME ON THE MARKET.MOST ARE IN MUSEUMS OR IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.SIGNED AND DATED-SAMUEL B PRATT 1976.A FARM SCENE IN THE IMPRESSIONIST HAND,IT LOOKS LIKE VA.,UNTITLED,THE PAINTING IS 30 " WIDE BY 21" HIGH,THE FRAME IS ABOUT 33 1/8" WIDE BY 24 1/4" HIGH,PAINTING IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION,MIGHT NEED SOME  CLEANING,HUNG ON THE  WALL FOR YEARS.FRAME COULD BE ORIGINAL,IN GOOD CONDITION.FOUND IN ARLINGTON VA.,26 YEARS AGO----SOME HISTORY ON THE ARTIST-----B.1903-D.1999,B.IN UNISON VA.,LIVED IN ARLINGTON VA.THEN MOVED TO WAYNESBORO VA.STUDIED 4 YRS.UNDER EUGENIE DE LAND SAUGSTUD AND ALEXIUS MANNY,1919-1934, WASH.SCHOOL OF ART,UNDER WILL H. CHANDLEE 1923-1926,CORCOREAN SCHOOL OF ART,1927-1930,UNDER EUGEN WEISZ AND HEINZ WARNEKE,SPECIAL CLASSES UNDER RICHARD LAHEY AND WEISZ AND GARRET JEX,1931-1934,SPECIAL COURSE IN SCULPTURE IN 1941,UNDER HEINZ WARNEKE,ALSO SPECIAL CLASSES UNDER RICHARD LAHEY AND WEISZ.PEPSI COLA SHOW IN 1946.HE DID A ONE MAN SHOW,AT CORCORAN ART GALLEY IN 1946,AND SOLD 48 PAINTINGS,AND THEN ADDED 25 MODE AND THEY WERE SOLD.1ST.PRIZE IN PENN.ART FAIR IN 1971.BEST IN FINCASTLE VA.1974.2ND.PRIZE IN WATERCOLOR IN HOT SPRINGS VA,1ST.PRIZE IN OILS IN BUENA VISTA VA.1975.THESE ARE JUST AFEW OF THE HONORS THAT HE RECEIVED.MORE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET,IF NEEDED.-------SHIPPING WILL BE $100.00,IN CRATE.-----PAYMENT TO BE MADE BY- PAY-PAL,IF YOU DO NOT HAVE OR USE PAY-PAL,E-MAIL ME,BEFORE BIDDING,PAYMENT WITHIN 5 DAYS OF THE AUCTION ENDING,WILL SHIP AS SOON,AS PAYMENT CLEARS THE BANK.---I SHIP TO 48 STATES ONLY,NO P.O.BOXES,NO HAWAII,OR ALASKA.--- I FIND MY ITEMS ON THE EAST COAST OF U.S.,VA.,MD.,WEST VA.,WASHINGTON D.C.AREA,PENN.,POTTSVILLE,READING,ST.CLAIR,MINERSVILLE,PORT CARBON,LEESPORT,SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN VA.