FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)

Lot 27
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Lot 27 | FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
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$ 300 000 – 500 000
FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SILVA (1835-1886)
Seining on the Tappan Zee, Nyack, New York
signed and dated 'Francis A. Silva./72' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 ¼ x 36 in. (51.4 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1872.




Provenance

(Possibly) Henry Sheldon, by 1872.
(Possibly) New York, Artist's Fund Society, 1874, lot 2.
Robert Fridenberg, New York.
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 27 January 1938, lot 67, sold by the above.
Private collection, Massachusetts.
Richard York Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987.



Literature

Richard York Gallery, An American Gallery, vol. III, 1987, n.p., no. 7, illustrated.



Exhibited

(Possibly) Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Art Association, May 1872, no. 79.
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Francis A. Silva (1835-1886): In His Own Light, April 24-June 28, 2002, pp. 81, 128, pl. 15, illustrated (as Seining on the Tappan Zee, Nyack, New York (The Hudson River from the Tappan Zee)).
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