Lot Essay
A letter from June 1998 from the recognized expert on the artist, Dr. Ila Weiss, accompanies this lot.
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A Sketch at Manchester, Massachusetts
Details
Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
A Sketch at Manchester, Massachusetts
bears artist's estate stamp (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
9 x 18½ in. (22.9 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1865.
A Sketch at Manchester, Massachusetts
bears artist's estate stamp (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
9 x 18½ in. (22.9 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1865.
Provenance
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Kirby & Co., New York, Estate of the Late Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., 28-29 April 1881, lot 60.
Mr. Robert Connors, Millbrook, New York.
Estate of the above.
Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 30 October 2003, lot 21.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Estate of the above.
Kirby & Co., New York, Estate of the Late Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., 28-29 April 1881, lot 60.
Mr. Robert Connors, Millbrook, New York.
Estate of the above.
Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 30 October 2003, lot 21.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881, n.p., no. 397.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sanford R. Gifford Memorial Exhibition, 1881, no. 397.