Lot 43: CLAIRE SHUTTLEWORTH 1868-1930

RAPIDS ABOVE THE FALLS, NIAGARA

measurements
24 by 29 in.

alternate measurements
61 by 73.8 cm.

signed Claire Shuttleworth, and dated 1914 (lower right)

oil on canvas

Condition Note: generally good condition, strip-lined, surface with a few minor areas of craquelure, under UV light scattered tiny dots of ibnpainting in sky, a few more to landscape and water, a few areas of minor craquelure fill

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PROVENANCE

Gift from the artist to Henry Marsales, East Aurora, New York, 1930
Thence by descent
Acquired by the present owner, 1988

NOTE

This work is one of 24 works which comprise Shuttleworth's Niagara River series, number 104 in the inventory list of the artist's Estate. Shuttleworth was fascinated by the Niagara River and its majestic falls, and in this series, she sought to capture its varying topography and moods.