AN IMPRESSIONIST FIGURE WALKING AT SUNSET WITH A FAITHFUL FRIEND

HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL BARBIZON IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE

FROM THE SCHOOL OF OR ATTRIBUTED TO:

EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER, GEORGE WILLIAM WHITAKER, OR ANOTHER HUDSON RIVER ARTIST

AMERICAN  (19TH CENTURY-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

ARTWORK:  THIS IS AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING EXECUTED ON CANVAS BY AN ARTIST FROM THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL WITH SIGNS OF INFLUENCE FROM THE BARBIZON SCHOOL.  THE ARTWORK IS UNSIGNED, HOWEVER, IT BEARS THE REMNANTS OF A LABEL FROM THE FAMOUS CHARLES G. CALDER GALLERY WHICH WAS A REPUTABLE SOURCE FOR HUDSON RIVER ARTWORKS.  THE CALDER GALLERY WAS ON WESTMINSTER STREET IN RHODE ISLAND WHICH WAS THE SAME STREET SHARED BY GEORGE WILLIAM WHITTAKER STUDIOS.  MOREOVER, THE CALDER GALLERY SOLD MANY WORKS BY GEORGE WILLIAM WHITAKER AND EDWARD MITCHELL BANNISTER.  THIS ARTWORK BEARS THE STYLE OF BOTH ARTISTS BUT THE ACTUAL ARTIST IS UNKNOWN.  THIS PAINTING AS SOLD AS AN AUTHENTIC PAINTING FROM THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL BUT THE ARTIST HAS NOT BEEN ASCERTAINED AS OF YET.  MANY HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL PAINTINGS WERE NOT SIGNED SO THE HUNT IS STILL ON FOR THE ARTIST WHO EXECUTED THIS FINE EXAMPLE OF EARLY AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE PAINTING.

CONDITION:  THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CANVAS ARE 15.5 X 21.5 INCHES.  THE ARTWORK FRAMED MEASURES 16.75 X 22.5 INCHES.  THE FRAME  IS A NICE  GOLD GILDED  HARDWOOD FRAME. THE CANVAS IS ORIGINAL AND HAS NOT BEEN RELINED.   LOCATED WITHIN THE IMAGE OF ONE OF THE SMALL DARK TREES THERE IS ONE SMALL PUNCTURE THAT HAS BEEN INITIALLY REPAIRED WITH BLACK OIL PASTEL AND ACID FREE ARTIST'S TAPE ON THE VERSO .  THE PUNCTURE STILL HAS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CANVAS INTACT AND COULD BE FURTHER REPAIRED BY A PROFESSIONAL WITH A SMALL CANVAS PATCH AND OIL PAINT.  ALSO THERE ARE A FEW MINOR SCRATCHES WITHIN THE SKY IN THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT OF THE SKY WHICH WOULD BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE TLC FROM AN EXPERT AS WELL.  NOTWITHSTANDING A FEW MINOR IMPERFECTIONS, THE ARTWORK LOOKS GREAT AND IS READY TO PRESENT PROUDLY IN ONE'S COLLECTION.          

PROVENANCE:  THIS FINE ARTWORK CAME FROM AN ESTATE IN NORTHERN NEVADA, USA.

TERMS:  A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY HAND SIGNED BY LAURENT ASHTON ON ARCHIVAL LAID PAPER WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THIS SALE.

 

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. 

REGARDS,

LAURENT ASHTON