ID 1360468
Lot 207 | JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT (1816-1872)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
Contentment Island
signed with conjoined initials 'JF.K.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 x 24 in. (35.6 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
Colt family collection, 1870s.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art & Private Collections, June 15, 2009-May 30, 2010.
| Artist: | John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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